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

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oRB6o TIL Australia has 2 active volcanoes on Heard & McDonald Islands, one of the remotest places on earth. It is very cold, mostly barren, erupts frequently and has many wrecks around it. It has 71 species of fungi and was recently involved in legal proceedings between two entities (Australia & the UK).
xRkB TIL Monopoly was originally meant to teach people about the evils of capitalism.
oRjMA TIL That Tianducheng, a city in China that commenced construction just prior to 2007 and has a population of over 30,000 people, was modelled on Paris France. It includes a replica Eiffel Tower, neoclassical architecture and baroque features.
9YJEX TIL In 2010, a thief broke into the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris and stole five paintings worth €100 million ( $123 million USD). Pierre Cornette de Saint-Cyr, commented, "These five paintings are unsellable, so thieves, sirs, you are imbeciles, now return them." The art has not been recovered.
DrGP TIL that the theme songs for Family Matters, Full House, and Step by Step were all sung by the same guy - Jesse Frederick. He also wrote the theme for Perfect Strangers.