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TIL USPS trucks get 10 Miles to the gallon and are over 25 years old

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JY6R8 TIL Dubai buy their sand from Australia to be used for creating cement. So Australians are actually managing to sell sand to Arabs.
5VBj8 TIL Ronald Reagan's post presidency office was in Fox Plaza, where Die Hard was filmed.
r64w TIL of Bile Bears which are cruelly “milked” for their liver bile regularly, which is used in traditional Chinese medicine. The bears are stored in cages so small that the bears are unable to turn around or stand for up to 30 years. Most bears eventually die from malignant tumours or starvation.
6Eo8l TIL that the first marriage of Gioffre Borgia took place when he was just 12, and was a political marriage to the 16 year old Sancha of Aragon
ewRg TIL that a Legend Of Zelda prototype cartridge sold for $55,000 on eBay last year.