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TIL at least 43 buildings in NYC actually have their own zip code. Due to size, or amount of people who work there, or money they generate.

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Z8KwG TIL that at the end of the bronze age (1200-900 BCE). Several ancient civilizations were invaded and in some cases conquered by an obscure force of "Sea Peoples". They were a contributing factor to the Bronze age collapse and their origin is still mostly unknown.
D1Nvv TIL when Bolivia sent proof to the CIA that Che Guevara was dead, they sent fingerprints for proof. When the VIA said that wasn't proof, they sent the hands with ink still on them. NSFW
W7oa8 TIL about the Sand Creek Battle that occurred on November 1864 when a 675 man force of the Third Colorado Cavalry attacked and destroyed a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado Territory killing and mutilating an estimated 69 to over 600 Native American people.
b1WN TIL During human embryological growth, the anus is the first structure to develop. Unfortunately many humans never develop beyond this point and continue through life as assholes.
v1jMD TIL Janusz Korczak ran a Jewish orphanage and, when the ~200 orphans were ordered to a death camp, he stayed with them until the end despite multiple opportunities to escape.