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TIL that Edinburgh’s Old Town has underground streets where people used to live

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6E9LJ TIL an Iowa woman was ticketed for mailing her neighbor a quart of cow poop. The neighbors have had a running dispute over the woman's dog barking.
Wkn9B TIL about Inaccessible Island, an island that is incredibly hard to get to. Normally you can only get to it a few days a year. Very harsh waters and bad airstreams make it difficult for boat or aircraft.
1aRj8 TIL of the late December Saturnalia, a festival celebrated for a 1,000 years by the Romans when people wore more informal clothes, gave presents to each other, had parties and slaves were allowed to gamble and get drunk in public.
8a418 TIL about the remains of 158 unknown Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Williamsburg VA next to The Governor’s Palace. I visited there last week and this really left an impression on me.
MAv0 TIL Author Philip K. Dick was rebuild by his fans in the form of a RC android designed in his likeness. The android took part in a discussion panel in a San Diego Comic Con presentation. In 2006, an Airline employee lost the android’s head, and it has not yet been found.