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TIL There’s a Back to the Future Musical

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wLeJ8 TIL New York's metropolitan transit authority dumped over 2,500 subway cars into the ocean to create reefs for fish to live in. The project was a success and has been shown off by photographer Stephen Mallon.
neJpb TIL that the king of the Netherlands worked as a pilot for a commercial airline even after assuming the throne. He would welcome passengers "on behalf of the captain and crew" in order avoid announcing his name.
69yGl TIL that a sphincter muscle, similar to the one humans use to hold in gases, prevents water from entering the blowholes of marine mammals.
ZpJ5p TIL Saab AB, which owned Saab Automobile, stands for "The Swedish Aeroplane Corporation" in English, and is an aerospace and defense company which manufactures fighter jets.
BrJyK TIL that when former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died in 2013, the song "Ding, Dong, The Witch Is Dead" from the Wizard Of Oz shot to number 2 on the UK singles chart-and BBC radio refused to play it.