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TIL that the London Underground has evolved its own subspecies of mosquito.

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9YEmm TIL The church of Scientology once tried to take over a city in Florida
W7E7B TIL that the airline industry is not under OSHA oversight in the United States. Since the FAA is tasked with regulating the health and safety of airlines, OSHA is precluded from duplicating their efforts.
6969J TIL a British Airways flight was forced to make an unscheduled landing due to an overpowering smell caused by a passenger's smelly poo.
1armX TIL Soul Asylum’s 1994 music video for "Runaway Train" helped find 25 of the 36 missing children featured in the music video.
BrKxL Till: in 1876 a group of Americans hired a ship, sailed to Australia, broke a bunch of Irish "rebels" out of prison, brought them back to the States and where greeted as heroes.