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TIL London has a secret, 2nd underground rail network

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W74Bo TIL about a jelly fish that's immortal. It can transform itself into it's younger stage by a process called transdifferentiation and grow back into adult again. This process can be repeated indefinitely
BKke TIL of the Leomiti family that was in Extreme Home Makeovers. They used 5 orphans to market to the show. After getting their home rebuilt to 9 rooms ,mortgage paid,7 new cars and thousands in donations ,they then kicked all the orphans out of the home within weeks and kept everything to themselves.
oBelY TIL that in 17th century Russia, bearded man were required to pay a tax in order to be able to keep it. They also had to carry a token with the phrase "the beard is a superfluous burden"
MLX0 TIL: For over a decade Sen. John McCain has been trying to get a presidential posthumous pardon for black boxer Jack Johnson, who in 1912 was imprisoned for transporting a white girlfriend across state lines.
l7XE1 TIL the Iconic US Capitol Building Dome replaced a much more modest dome when the building was enlarged to accommodate the growing House and Senate.