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TIL London only reached its pre-WW2 population level in January, 2015.

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b9Ra9 TIL: The Rank of Admiral of the Navy is the highest possible rank in the United States Navy. The rank is equated to that of a six-star admiral and is one of the two highest possible military ranks in the United States Armed Forces. It has only been awarded once, to George Dewey in March 24, 1903.
P4Ve TIL that there is only one city in Canada’s Yukon Territory.
JYVeB TIL Common Toads have incredible memory, travelling hundreds of miles in Spring to return to the exact same pond where they were born in order to lay their eggs (of which there can be more than 1,500)
VM0DD TIL that Timothy Ray Brown is considered to be the first person cured of HIV/AIDS. Brown had chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant to treat leukaemia. His transplant came from someone with a natural genetic resistance to HIV. He was cured of HIV but scientists don’t fully understand why.
wobLY Today I learned that we have little microscopic mites crawling IN our skin and hair follicles.