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TIL of Edward Jones aka “the Boy Jones”, a 14 year old who broke into Buckingham Palace multiple times while disguised as a chimney sweep and ran off with Queen Victoria’s underwear

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D1o8p TIL that the steam iconically shooting out of the streets of New York City comes from the underground new york steam system. The 105 mile system of pipes began providing services in 1882, it uses clean water and still delivers steam to over 2,000 city buildings today.
VMVjD TIL the S in Harry S. Truman doesn't stand for anything
a1nJ TIL when Dennis Hopper’s 7-year-old son asked him why he played King Koopa in “Super Mario Brothers,” Dennis told him “So you can have shoes.” The son replied, “I don’t need shoes.”
EgyRX TIL The Rock created The People’s Elbow in an attempt to get The Undertaker to break character
EeyP TIL there is a town in Australia where the entire town (200+ people) live underground in abandoned mines. Residents here have electricity and plumbing, and have been known to find vast amounts of Opal when renovating.