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TIL the San Diego Zoo is the only other place you can see a Platypus in captivity outside of Australia

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wAgM TIL David Phillips paid just over $3000 for pudding to receive 1.25 million frequent flyer miles. He also received $800 back in tax deductions for donating most of the puddings to charity.
7e9M TIL there is a church in Rome that is lined with skeletons and has a plaque in 3 languages that reads “What you are now, we once were; what we are now, you shall be.”
pYea4 TIL when asked why she was never an official Victoria's Secret Angel, Naomi Campbell explained it's because they couldn't afford her.
PARg TIL That as a child Muhammad Ali was refused an autograph by his boxing idol, Sugar Ray Robinson. When Ali became a prizefighter, he vowed never to deny an autograph request, which he honored throughout his career.
5VR8 TIL that Nelson Mandela was not taken off the US terror list until 2008