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TIL Tide laundry detergent is frequently stolen and used as currency by criminals

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7NOr TIL that London used to have an underground railway solely dedicated to the distribution of mail.
rRVDe TIL there was a game called “The Sims Online”, an MMO version of The Sims 1. The game was active from 2002-2008 before the servers were shut down. Recently the game has been reincarnated as “FreeSO”, which is currently playable in beta.
yRke TIL, The world’s biggest ever recorded turtle was a Leatherback Turtle that washed up Harlech Beach, Wales, in 1988. It was estimated to be 100 years old, and was almost 9 foot in length weighing a tumultuous 2,016 lbs!
4krNN TIL a cat named Dusty gave birth to 420 kittens during her lifetime
YDYW TIL in the United States as many as 3.5 million people experience homelessness in a given year (1% of the entire US population or 10% of its poor). 23% are families with children - the fastest growing segment.