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TIL London has a secret, 2nd underground rail network

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nVaB TIL that when NBC was broadcasting the 2012 London Olympic opening ceremony for the US, they skipped over the 7/7 London terror attack tribute and instead showed Ryan Seacrest interviewing Michael Phelps
9Wp7 TIL a black mayor was politically gridlocked, harassed by white police officers, illegally barricaded from city hall, and framed for murder in Tchula, Mississippi in 1981.
N7k08 TIL that while George Orwell's Room 101 has become a euphemism for torture, the other great anti-totalitarian novel of the 1940ies, Darkness At Noon (1940), had its protagonist trapped in cell... 404.
OGk6a TIL The spire on top of the Empire State Building was originally designed for docking aircrafts. The 102nd floor is observatory you can still access. 103rd floor which now is used for storage and equipment has a small door that leads to a narrow spiral staircase to the top.
MeJ10 TIL that 6 days after assuming the presidency, Saddam Hussein executed all of his opposition in one fell swoop while delivering one of the most chilling public speeches ever delivered.