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TIL London has a secret, 2nd underground rail network

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9YAVD TIL Pencils produced in the 1990s with the anti-drug slogan "Too Cool to Do Drugs" were recalled because, when sharpened, they read "Do Drugs"
evA5 TIL Australia has 10,685 beaches. You could visit a new beach everyday for 29 years.
VJkk TIL Yankees star Derek Jeter gives gift baskets to his one night stands
Wk1eA TIL, the earliest form of smallpox immunization was used in China in the 1500’s. Doctors would take ground up scabs from people with mild cases of the disease, and blow the material into their nostrils. This lead to a mild version of the disease which had a mortality rate of ~2%.(20-30%if untreated)
oBwZE TIL although Kanye West repeatedly refers to himself as a "billionaire", professional estimates can't find anything more than $240 million.