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TIL that Royal Mail, the postal service in the UK, operated a tiny underground metro just for shuttling letters between eight London post offices

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BrZAL TIL The voice actor for the singing parts of grown-up Simba in The Lion King in both "Hakuna Matata" and "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" is Joseph Williams, the lead singer of Toto (as in, Africa by Toto)
4Xg1b TIL A maximum-security prison in Uganda has a soccer league (run and played by prisoners), with an annual soccer tournament. The tournament is taken very seriously; they have a uniforms, referees, cleats, and a 30-page constitution. The winning team gets prizes such as soap, sugar, and a goat.
wolB1 TIL Washing your hands with plain soap is probably better than using antibacterial soap in the long run
WPRL TIL in addition to Buckshot and Bird shot there is also Rat shot. A small calliber bullet cartridge that can be loaded into handguns and rifles to be used as a low power shotgun round effective for killing small pests and birds without damaging buildings.
EgPMX TIL that sitting on a sea turtle in the United States is a felony where you can get up to 5 years in prison, and pay a $250,000 fine.