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TIL The original version of Trivial Pursuit is known as the Genus Edition ???????????? Genius Edition

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ORwa TIL of Death Valley Unified School District, which covers 6000sq miles but serves only 60 students, making both one of the largest and smallest districts in the USA. It is also the only district with a school inside a national park.
pXbN TIL The Miami zoo put 30 flamingos in the bathroom during hurricane Andrew in 1992 to ride out the storm. An image of them huddled inside became one of the most iconic from that hurricane.
o518 TIL that every year, the city of Oslo, Norway donates a Christmas tree to Britain as a token of gratitude for their help in World War II.
JYe5V TIL: Before he was caught, Charles Ponzi the namesake of the Ponzi scheme successfully sued a newspaper for libel and won $500,000 in damages after it suggested there was no way Ponzi could legally deliver such high returns in a short period of time.