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TIL the CIA has a museum but you can’t visit it.

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XNRr TIL if the US used a dollar coin instead of a bill it would save $5.5 billion over 30 years. It mints dollar coins, but unlike other developed countries, won’t remove the bill from circulation, possibly due to lack of support by Federal Reserve.
0Eep TIL If you beat the video game Twisted Metal III as the demon Minion, he wishes to spend eternity in Hell. In standard Twisted Metal fashion the wish is turned against him and he is sent to Hell, Michigan.
GjkJ TIL that an estimated 3% of the population have a gene that allows them to fully function on six or less hours of sleep a night, rather than the general recommendation of eight hours.
JY7Q1 TIL the New Mexico whiptail lizard is an all-female species. Their eggs grow without fertilization and all the offspring are female. They also have female-female courtships.
VB08m TIL that the last Great Auk egg ever was accidentally cracked in the struggle to strangle its parents