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TIL zip codes in the US weren't created until 1963

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gMV6b TIL Mozilla, maker of Firefox, has a list of 50,000 most common passwords of which can't be used when setting up a Firefox account
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kkWW TIL The bible says its required to cancel all debts after 7 years.
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PYa1V TIL that during World War II, Lockheed employed the skills of Disney, Paramount, and 20th Century Fox Studios to disguise one of their production plants to look like an ordinary California suburb from the air.