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TIL that Australian billionaire Clive Palmer had a development plan he wanted to keep secret, so the architect jokingly labelled the block of land as "dinosaur park". After newspapers worldwide reported that they were planning to clone dinosaurs, 500 scientists applied to be involved in the process

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8a0GK TIL that the USPS (United States Postal Service) does NOT offer postal banking services anymore, while almost every other developed country does it. The United States Postal Savings System existed until 1960's.
8oPG TIL that before the heart/lung machine was invented, a doctor oxygenated his patient’s blood by routing it through another person. Parents often served this purpose while their children had heart surgery.