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TIL billionaires in London have built “Iceberg Mansions” where most of the home is below ground

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WkBp8 TIL between 2006 and 2010 the Motorola cellphone market share went down from 21.1% to 2.4%.
nWkgd TIL Mystery Snails have both gills and a lung, whereas most other species of snails have either a lung or gills
Lbdr TIL the Manchineel Tree, known as the “beach apple”, is very poisonous. Its bark and leaves are coated with poison, if you burn it the smoke can cause blindness, standing under it during rain can cause blisters as water rolls off the poison-coated leaves, and eating its fruit can cause death.
byx4 TIL in 1440 a clerical error accidentally gave independence to a square mile of Italy, forming an anarchist republic that lasted over four hundred years.
wL7N8 TIL that during WW2, many of the spitfire planes used in the Battle of Britain were actually privately owned aircraft purchased by companies, clubs or individuals for £5,000.