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TIL The U.S.A delivers mail using "Postal Donkeys" in some hard to reach areas.

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7r4Z TIL on August 16, 1942, a military blimp left San Francisco bay on a routine submarine-spotting mission. A few hours later, the airship wandered back over land and crashed with nobody aboard. Life rafts and other rescue gear had not been touched, and the fate of the 2-man crew has never been solved.
oBAK8 TIL People who are liberals tend to have a more active conflict-related anterior cingulate activity response, which could suggest a better ability to change habitual behaviour.
e0rYk TIL of Fred, a New Jersey goat who was blamed for freeing over 60 animals from a livestock auction pen. Fred had escaped the auction house a year prior. After some of the animals were rounded up, Fred was seen headbutting the gate, leading the auction house manager to suspect Fred as the culprit.
xXjk TIL there is a map of the Internet
9l0M TIL that, after Harry Houdini piloted the first airplane over the skies of Australia, he proclaimed that the world may forget his performances as an escape artist, but they would never forget he was the first person to fly a plane in Australia.