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TIL World War II bomb shelters underneath London are being converted to hydroponic gardens lit with wind-powered LEDs.

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PYJoG TIL Cancer patients who opt for alternative therapy die at twice the rate of those who stick with conventional cancer therapy.
Lk0wm TIL that, before elevators, more expensive hotel rooms were at the bottom
4XOAR TIL In 1994, a group of Japanese bank robbers sent the bank they robbed a thank you note which said "thank you so much for the bonus. We can now live on this loot for the rest of our lives"
yVGle TIL Abraham Lincoln had already seen the play “Our American Cousin” and did not like it. He went at the insistence of his wife stating, "All right, Mary, I'll go; but if I don't go down in history as the martyr President, I miss my guess."
mx1bo TIL That a "Union Station" is a station where tracks and facilities are shared by two or more separate railway companies.