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TIL beneath the streets of LA is a complex network of pedestrian tunnels that stretch several blocks. They’ve been used for secret transportation of mobsters, murderers and more than a billion dollars in cash; designated as fallout shelters and homeless shelters and used as backdrops for movies.

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j6o7R TIL about the Alipore Central Jail, a prison in Kolkata, India where political prisoners were kept under British rule. It is no longer operational as a jail. The jail site has been now developed into an independence museum in memory of the martyrs who were imprisoned and executed here.
9YXpM TIL: During the transition from The Soviet Union to Russia, the CSKA, (The Central Red Army Hockey Club) were financially broke. They were saved from bankruptcy by a joint venture between the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Red-Army, Mario Lemieux and actor Michael J. Fox.
b6yv0 TIL that during World War II, was the Yellow River Break; When China destroyed their own dams & levees in a tragic attempt to create defensive water blockades. The intentional effort to thwart enemy advances led to the drowning deaths (and loss otherwise) of 400,000-500,000 Chinese civilian lives:
rMny TIL that Disney never sought legal action against Escape From Tomorrow (a movie shot illegally inside Disneyland featuring among other things Disney princesses as prostitutes) in order to avoid giving it extra publicity. The movie ended up only making $171,962 theatrically.
jNG4j TIL The US Navy uses dolphins to help it defend the world's largest stock pile of nuclear weapons at naval Base Kitsap.