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TIL London Bridge Station has a working pipe organ which any passer-by can play!

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4yKo TIL a man named Ratanlal Maloo, created an artificial sanctuary for the migratory Demoiselle Cranes in Rajasthan, India by feeding them every year over a span of 40 years. Their numbers increased from 80, 40 years ago, to 15000 in 2011.
neRWG TIL: Men have nipples because embryos are always female in their early stages, and males only differentiate from the female after a few weeks
Ggr4 TIL: In 1187, as a symbol of unity between their two countries, Richard I of England and Philip II of France spent a night in the same bed.
X04rD TIL that New York City is reintroducing millions of oysters into their harbor to help clean the water and create marine habitats. They've been collecting used shells from local restaurants to create new homes for juvenile oysters.
OGZYY TIL that at the North Pole there is no local time since all lines of longitude, and thus all time zones, converge there. The sun rises, and sets only once per year, meaning that the sun's position could also not be used to synchronise time.