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Until 1996, NYPD cars were painted blue…

November 13, 2019Weirdo

Until 1996, NYPD cars were painted blue. They phased out the blue cars in favor of factory white, resulting in a $1 million savings. Light blue shirts were replaced with dark blue to “hide coffee and donut stains”.

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100 years ago, motorised kick…

August 23, 2019Weirdo
c. 1916
Lady Norman on her scooter.

100 years ago, motorised kick scooters like todays ”Bird“ scooters, were already a thing. They were foldable, had a top speed of 15 mph and were used by New York gangs as getaway vehicles.

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In the 1930s New York city planner Robert…

November 25, 2016Weirdo

In the 1930s New York city planner Robert Moses deliberately built a number of bridges really low so that only cars could go under it – so as to prevent blacks (who mostly used public transport) from visiting New York’s ‘pristine’ beaches.

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In 1956, a pilot landed on an Uptown Street in NYC…

May 6, 2014Weirdo

landing-Tommy-Fitz-croppedIn 1956, a pilot landed on an Uptown Street in NYC, because that’s where the bar was.

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Back when NYC subways ran on tokens people would jam the slots…

March 20, 2014Weirdo

Back when NYC subways ran on tokens people would jam the slots with paper so they could suck the tokens out with their mouths. This was referred to as “Token Sucking” and some token booth attendants even tried to deter this crime by sprinkling chili powder in the slots.

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Until 1953, NYC had a pneumatic tube mai …

October 17, 2013October 17, 2013Weirdo

Pneumatic_TubeUntil 1953, NYC had a pneumatic tube mail network that spanned 27 miles and connected 23 post offices. At its peak, the system moved 95,000 letters a day.

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