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TIL horse-sized ducks (Dromornithidae) roamed Australia 50,000 years ago

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7RKx TIL the last allowed visit to the Fort Knox gold vault, by members of the US Congress and some journalists was on 23 September 1974.
mQPy TIL there are over 50,000 Chinese characters. An educated Chinese person would only know about 8,000.
e00r4 TIL Steve Seagal and Joe Arapio killed a puppy with a tank during a raid on a suspected cockfighting ring. Upwards of 100 roosters were also killed, no illegal activity was discovered.
P1Mn TIL Enigma (German WWII encryption) was broken in part because operators used guessable passcodes, including letter repeats, adjacent key letters, four letter German names, and obscenities.
JYxRQ TIL in 1961 Charlton Heston led a demonstration against segregated restaurants in Oklahoma