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TIL: that in Hawaii some wallaby escaped the zoo in 1916 and a population of feral wallaby continue living on Oahu even today.

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Ypm1v TIL in spring of 1942 German U-boats terrorized east coast of US sinking fuel tankers and cargo ships with impunity and often within sight of shore and in less than 7 months destroyed 22 percent of the tanker fleet and sank 233 ships killing 5,000 ...more than 2X number who perished at Pearl Harbor.
PYgDE TIL that according to astronauts, space smells like a strange mixture of charred meat and raspberries.
lRgA TIL that George Lazenby wasn’t an actual actor. He got himself a suit, a rolex and a new haircut, then met with the producer and made up movies he had been in. He later landed the role of James Bond.
XEky6 TIL Levi's Jeans helped create Casual Fridays in workplaces all over the world, taking inspiration from the Hawaiian Fashion Guild's 'Aloha Fridays' which were designed to sell more Aloha shirts in Hawaii.
oo7 TIL that a white abolitionist, who would go on to kill and terrorize slave owners across the south, uttered the phrase “by whatever means necessary” 100 years before Malcolm X used a similar phrase.