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

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69bl8 TIL that Burt Bacharach put Cilla Black through at least 29 takes of “Alfie” in his search for the perfect recording. Producer George Martin finally intervened to say he already had it in take 4, and that was the version released.
woLxE TIL that during the Falklands War, the British Royal Navy killed 3 whales with torpedoes and depth charges after mistaking them for Argentinian submarines
6Ebwm TIL about the presocratic philosopher Empedocles. He claimed to have magical powers and a divine status, and would walk around Sicily in a large purple robe. Apparently, he died when he jumped into Etna, an active volcano, to prove to his followers that he really was a god.
E1E8X TIL that the American Secret Services tried to spike Hitler's carrots with female hormones to change him into a woman.
j6Kna TIL that The first animals to orbit the moon were two Russian tortoises inside Zond 5 spacecraft, The tortoises not only survived the journey, but returned to the Earth alive . On 21 September 1968, six days after the launch, Zond 5 was retrieved from the Indian Ocean.