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TIL, that Charles Darwin was laid to rest in Westminster abbey. The highest honor the church could offer.

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v1rWL TIL Henry ford instructed drivers in a race to finish at same time in a dead heat to create publicity for the company
1e44 TIL that the London underground has evolved its own species of mosquito
wLGJM TIL that so many employees play online games during work hours, that Kongregate notices a significant drop-off in traffic around the time people start heading home. Another survey by PopCap Games, the company behind Bejeweled, indicated that 24 percent of respondents play games at work.
XELZR TIL of a program where shelter cats are cared for by prison inmates. Cats who formerly were in cages can roam freely in a refurbished prison office where inmates are allowed to care for the cats and learn to craft toys, furniture and even knit hats for the cats.
oVl8 TIL that the United States’ highest scoring Ace, Dick Bong, considered his gunnery accuracy to be poor and on one occasion actually collided with his target, which he claimed as a “probable” victory.