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TIL a hidden tributary of London’s river Thames called the Tyburn has a short exposed stretch running through an antiques shop. There are golden fish living in the stream.

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A5Gd TIL Steve Carell owns the old Marshfield General Store, in Marshfield, Massachusetts. He and his family spend their summers there and he bought it as an “emotional investment … to help preserve a little piece of history”.
jOwN TIL the Moscow Water Dog is a now-extinct breed of dog that was developed in the Soviet Union after WWII. They were bred to be water rescue dogs, but since they preferred biting drowning people to saving them, the breed was allowed to go extinct.
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