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TIL the world’s largest environmental organization makes millions of dollars off of an oil well on its land in Texas. The area is supposedly set aside for conservation, to protect one of the most critically endangered birds in America. The birds have now disappeared from the site.

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OWW6 TIL The Greek god of fertility, had a never ending boner and his sacrificial animal was the ass. His name gave rise to the medical term priapism – a prolonged erection
R7Rnl TIL, CBC had a contest to complete the phrase "as Canadian as ____" (by analogy with "as American as apple pie"). The winner: "as Canadian as possible, under the circumstances"
kJ5Og TIL that Karl Dönitz, the man who succeeded Hitler and was the last leader of Nazi Germany, survived his post-war prison sentence of only ten years and only died in 1980. He denied any wrongdoing for the rest of his life.
m11nx TIL that the Nazis made butter from coal
AXR7 TIL In the movie Maleficent, Angelina Jolie’s daughter was cast because other kids were afraid of her look and she was the only one who wasn’t afraid of her mom.