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TIL that 42 buildings in New York City have their own zip code. It's either because of their size, the money they generate, or the number of people who work in them.

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QJdwa TIL that the chemotherapy drug Paclitaxel, used to treat breast cancer (amongst other things) is a plant alkaloid derived from the "Happy Tree"
v11dK TIL that Brian Thompson, who played the villain in the 1986 film "Cobra," had to deliver his final monologue to the script supervisor instead of Sylvester Stallone, who was busy watching a basketball game.
yVXyV TIL that the longest marathon on a swing is 36 hr 32 min, and was chieved by Richard Scott in Tayside, UK, from 14 to 15 May 2022. But not only did he nab the record, Richard also met his now-girlfriend Alana Brown while he was swinging for glory.
XXYE TIL there’s a lot of plastic trash in the ocean. We dumped about five shopping bags full of plastic for every foot of coastline in the world in 2010 alone.
DQ48J TIL In 2006, the Sri Lankan Air Force bombed what they claimed to be a training camp but actually turned out to be an orphanage