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TIL there are 14 abandoned stations on the London Underground, including one used by Government during WW2

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wLaXW TIL that spaghetto is the singular version of spaghetti. Gnoccho is for gnocchi, fettuccino is for fettuccini, and raviolo is for ravioli. Also the e at the end of calzone isn’t silent.
BrkdL TIL in 1965, the Pope and the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople lifted a reciprocal excommunication that had been in place since 1054
X0e4X TIL that Capcom made a video game in about 1990 titled "The California Raisins: The Grape Escape", which went unreleased, despite being largely finished, due to the titular characters losing popularity, after there was a decline in raisin sales
R5Bj1 TIL that the idea that smelling coffee beans 'resets' or 'clears' your olfactory palate is a myth. Smelling fresh air or clean, unperfumed skin is the best remedy for 'nose blindness'.
7g4O TIL Hitchens’ razor: What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.