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TIL: The top 3 imported items by weight in the US are furniture, bananas and artwork

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l77nA TIL, the London clay that the underground railway - "the tube" - locks the heat generated by the railway and has gradually been getting hotter. in the 1900s it was 14°C, today it is nearly 25°C. Most of the heat comes from the trains braking.
NX8LQ TIL the smallest statue in London of two mice fighting over a piece of cheese might have been created to honor two construction workers who died in the 1860's when they were fighting over a sandwich and fell from the building 🐀🧀
O5MR TIL the daughter of J.R.R. Tolkien believes that the description of the Dead Marshes (in LOTR) is based on the author’s experiences during the First World War.
R55P7 TIL that Thomas Edison used to bite his piano
gGpW TIL that the difference between inland seas and lakes is that inland seas are formed as the result of oceans spilling over onto land during warm geological periods.