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TIL that London cab drivers must memorize all 25k of London's streets including every business, restaurant, statue, pub, and landmark on them. Their exam has been called the hardest in the world, and studying for it enlarges cabbies' hippocampuses.

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O9la TIL Tipu’s Tiger is an 18th-century mechanical toy created for the Indian king, Tipu. It compromised of a tiger savaging a near life-size European man who emitted a wailing sound from his mouth.The king frequently amused himself with this representation of victory over the English.
JYWWm TIL: Tennessee is divided into three “Grand Divisions”: East, Middle, and West. This division is enshrined in the state constitution in several ways, for example the five-member State Supreme Court cannot have more than two members from any one of the divisions.
epob TIL that there are some freaky currents going on at the Victoria Falls which make it possible to sit/swim right at the edge. It’s called the Devil’s Pool.
DQakP TIL that before the Indo-Greek interactions, the Buddha was only depicted with icons, and his human image was a result of the combination of the god Apollo and traditional descriptions of him.
EGMX TIL that there are still unexplored passageways in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.