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TIL the plural of “sphinx” is “sphinges”

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k9vW TIL that Jimmy McMillan, the guy from the “Rent Is Too Damn High” meme, is a karate expert, and Vietnam War veteran, as well as a former postal worker, stripper, and private investigator.
8eRjK TIL that during the Pony Express' 18 months of operation, it covered a distance equivalent to circling the Earth 30 times to deliver a total of 34,753 letters, and only lost one bag of mail.
nWdMW TIL that, despite its immense size, the Airbus A380 superjumbo has a landing speed of only 140 knots, which is comparable to various much smaller aircraft, and 20 knots slower than a 747.
4kL7o TIL that a kangaroo rat can survive without ever drinking water. It extracts water from it's diet of seeds.
7rRyP TIL in 1913, a bank was shipped in 50 pound increments through the USPS mail system to save money. 40 tons of bricks ended up being shipped and the USPS released a statement saying “it is not the intent of the United States Postal Service that buildings be shipped through the mail."