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TIL Only five babies were born in the London subway station. One of them is talk show host, Jerry Springer.

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v1bLR TIL phages (a group of viruses) were supposed to be studied as antibacterial agents in human medicine, but were cut short by the discovery of penicillin shortly after. With today's increasingly drug-resistant bacteria, phages are being considered once again.
w8xo TIL that throughout Seinfeld’s run, the chance to sit in the first booth at Monk’s Cafe — and thus be included in a scene — was auctioned off for charity.
LQEMm TiL that the Serge Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin song "Je t'aime... moi non plus" was so controversial that the Vatican allegedly excommunicated the record executive who released it in Italy. Birkin said this led to Gainsbourg calling the Pope "our greatest PR man".
nWk4Y TIL There's a huge difference between barbed wire and razor wire (Razor wire uses literal razors in it)
9YEY6 TIL 69 year ago on April 20th, Danny DeVito's favorite movie "Miracle in Milan" by Vittorio De Sica, was awarded with the Grand Prize at the Cannes Festival.