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TIL: The word at the end of a road/street name actually means something

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x6bjb TIL In 1997, five million Lego pieces fell off a cargo ship along the coasts of England. Ironically, many of these pieces were themed around sea creatures, this is the worst toy-related environmental disaster of all time, and beachcombers still uncover the shipwrecked plastic treasures today.
NXnEE TIL actress Chloe Bennet changed her name from Chloe Wang to avoid getting cast as only an ethnic Asian American. Bennet is her father's first name.
bBya TIL Everyone in the world has a common ancestor that lived 5000-10000 years ago
wWo TIL that a bunch of 10 yo kids in an Indian slum learned English and bioengineering (in English) on their own from a computer embedded in a wall by a researcher
e0k0J TIL the airport in which "The Terminal" was shot was a massive failure. Traffic predictions were grossly overestimated, the highways to link it to Montréal were never built and its terminal was insulated with asbestos. It hasn't received passengers since 2004 and the terminal was destroyed in 2016.