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TIL deers are closer evolutionarily to whales than horses

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epMlD TIL about the Boxheim Files, which were leaked in Germany in 1931 and in which the NSDAP planned, in case of Communist uprising, to take over the government, creating military courts and concentration camps against dissenters
N7pd8 TIL in the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing, there was a mysterious detached leg found in the rubble of the destroyed building. Since all 168 victims’ legs have been accounted for, the left leg has perplexed investigators and has yet to be traced back to an owner
8Ra8 TIL that an alarm clock exists that donates some of your money to charity every time you hit the Snooze
jRpE TIL that urban crows drop their nuts at pedestrian crossings so that car tyres run over and break them, wait until the green pedestrian light, then cross to eat the broken nut.
OoY87 TIL Zappos uses an organizational structure called holacracy, which removes traditional corporate hierarchy in favor of overlapping, self-governing "circles" to complete specific tasks.