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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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m1MwP TIL “Dancing in the Moonlight” was written by Sherman Kelly after he and his girlfriend were violently attacked by a gang while on vacation at St Croix. The song was written as a vision of what he wished the night had looked like instead.
16le7 TIL Bowie was so doing so much coke in the mid-70s he had absolutely no memory of recording his "Station to Station" album
R7Mlw TIL there is rare genetic variation (SNP rs121912617) that allows people to sleep 2 hours less a night with no ill effects.
pYZg8 TIL Juul paid one charter school $134,000 to setup a summer camp. The company had also offered other schools $10,000 to obtain the right to talk to students in the classroom and after school.
OPQR TIL that a young Richard Branson had his flight to the Virgin Islands cancelled, so he chartered a private airplane. Not having enough money to do so, he picked up a small blackboard, wrote “Virgin Airlines $29” on it, sold tickets for the rest of the seats, and used that money to pay for the ride.