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TIL That there is a secret subway system in Moscow that is longer than the actual public metro system

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dDyo9 TIL that Michael Flatley is not Irish; he is American
W70l4 TIL that a toast sandwich is something that exists. There was a recipe for it in the ‘invalid cookery’ section of the 1861 Book of Household Management and in 2011, it was recreated by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
lYMa TIL there are more tigers in Texas than in their native land of India
XGok TIL that in South Carolina, the maximum sentence for beating your dog is longer than the max sentence for beating your wife.
JYBAk TIL of RAF pilot Cyril Barton. During a raid over Germany, his plane was strafed repeatedly causing three of his crew to bail out. He dropped the bomb himself, flew the heavily damaged bomber home, crashed landed it and saved the lives of everyone onboard. He however would succumb to his injuries.