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TIL There’s a small underground railway in London devoted to delivering mail

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XEyrj TIL the Great grey owl is so elusive, it was first "discovered" by Europeans exploring Canada, despite the fact that the species exists in Europe.
LkDOZ TIL about the miracle on Dan bus 4 where a mother and her son ran into each other after believing each had died in the Holocaust years earlier.
xVpk TIL that when Niagara Falls stopped flowing on its own in 1848, The Maid of the Mist’s owner used explosives to blast out troublesome rocks that had endangered the boats.
v44j TIL an engineer in the 1930’s apparently created a “rainmaking machine”, made it rain in several places and then disappeared without a trace
X9X6 TIL Master Chief is 6'10" without armour and 7'2" with armour.