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TIL that the London underground has evolved its own species of mosquito

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N7Bbe TIL that the Mona Lisa was not widely known until it was stolen by a man named Vincenzo Peruggia in 1911 and recovered three years later
mVPo TIL Christopher Walken was a lion tamer as a teenager
1a9vW TIL that the first message sent across the Transatlantic Telegraph Cable, on August 16, 1858, read, "Directors of Atlantic Telegraph Company, Great Britain, to Directors in America:—Europe and America are united by telegraph. Glory to God in the highest; on earth peace, good will towards men."
N7MbQ TIL there was a book published in Einstein’s lifetime entitled “100 Authors Against Einstein” of which Einstein retorted, “if I were wrong, then one would have been enough!”
M7bW8 TIL: That the movie 'Cape Fear' was originally developed by Steven Spielberg, but he eventually decided it was too violent and traded it to Martin Scorsese in exchange for 'Schindler's List', which Scorsese had decided not to make.