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TIL that until 2015 there was a small chunk of Indian territory within Bangladesh within India within Bangladesh. It was the worlds only so called ‘third-order enclave’.

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wPV6 TIL the company that makes coral snake antivenom in the USA decided it was unprofitable and stopped producing it in 2003. The USA’s stock of coral snake antivenom expired in 2008 but the FDA has extended the date ever since to keep what is left available to the public.
oVyY TIL that suicide rates decreased during each of the world wars, perhaps because of the greater cohesion of society during war.
y8wX TIL that UPS delivery drivers only make right hand turns. UPS uses engineers and software to plan routes for their drivers that only have right turns, unless a left turn is absolutely necessary. This saves them time and fuel by never having to wait at stoplights, or in traffic, to make a left turn.
Lk67Q TIL about radio host Joe Pyne. The former Marine and WWII veteran once had Frank Zappa on his show. Pyne quickly went on the attack with, “So I guess your long hair makes you a woman.” Zappa quickly fired back, “So I guess your wooden leg makes you a table”.
x6Bxw TIL that between August 1960 and April 1961, the CIA, with the help of the Mafia, pursued a series of plots to poison or shoot Fidel Castro.