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TIL about what3words, a location service that divided the world into 57 trillion squares and assigned each a unique "address" comprised of three-word combinations. The accuracy can allow rescue and emergency services to pinpoint those in need of aid when a specific address is unavailable.

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LQwgv TIL that during the casting of The Godfather (1972), Al Martino was stripped from his part when Francis Ford Coppola became director. However after a series of news articles orchestrated by Martino's godfather and Mafia crime boss, Russell Bufalino, he was recast to the original role.
7kGM TIL England built an underground city in the 1950s to house 4,000 key government employees in case of a nuclear strike, complete with 60 miles of roadways, an underground lake to provide fresh water and a railway to transport the Royal Family. It was not revealed to the public until 2004.
4XOya TIL that WW1 could have ended hours earlier, but one man wanted to wait until "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month". ~11,000 men were wounded or killed waiting for the Armistice to take effect
R7g6a TIL that there was extensive research into a cigarette that wasn’t as cancerous, but the project was scrapped just before mass production because of threats by another Tobacco company
9oG TIL When Rod Serling was a child he was able to entertain himself so well that when his family was on a road trip they all kept quiet to see if he would notice. He didn’t and talked non-stop through the entire car ride.