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TIL: There were once Africans on display in the Bronx Zoo
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TIL beaver is considered safe to eat during lent by the Catholic Church.
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TIL of the K-ships -- a class of armed blimps used by the US Navy during WW2 for anti-submarine warfare operations against German U-boats. Only one K-ship was lost due to enemy action when the K-74 was shot down by machine gun fire from the submarine U-134 on the night of the 18th of July 1943
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TIL That Subhas Ramsaywack who played a Janitor named Subhas on the TV show 30 Rock, was an actual janitor who worked at Silvercup Studios, where the show was filmed.
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TIL that written words in Old English had no standardized spelling, but were spelled phonetically.
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TIL Radio Shack sued Auto Shack forcing them to change their name to AutoZone. 20 years later, AutoZone sued Radio Shack for using “POWERZONE” in their stores.