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TIL In 2023 you could donate $25 to name a cockroach after your ex and then have the Toronto Zoo send them a certificate.

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W7Mb4 Today I learned that the bass line to Rush's YYZ actually spells out 'YYZ' in morse code.
X0erD TIL in the 1970's the Ford Transit van, with car performance and space for 1.75 tonnes of loot, was used in 95% of bank robberies in the UK.
4k9Gg TIL Mussolini’s son in law, Count Ciano, was purged from the cabinet in 1943 when he was implicated in a plot to replace his father. Despite being offered many other safer positions away from Italy as a concession to his familial ties, Ciano chose the ambassadorship to the Holy See.
B4DD TIL the burial site of Genghis Khan has still not been found. The funeral escort allegedly killed anyone and anything that could haves witnessed the location of the emperor’s final resting place. The slaves that built the tomb were also slaughtered, as were the soldiers that murdered them..
0de8v TIL that multiple animals, including Adele Penguins and Chimpanzees, participate in prostitution.