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TIL President Reagan once wrote a letter to a boy who was requesting federal funds to clean his room.

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GY5VG TIL in 2009, three New Zealand blue ducks - two males and a female - were kept in a breeding program in England. However, the program was derailed (despite the efforts of the breeders and even the female duck) when the two male ducks hooked up with each other instead of with the female.
W70D9 TIL Charlene Wittstock was an Olympian and an All-Africa gold medal swimmer when she met Prince Albert II of Monaco who is 20 years her senior. They have been married for 12 years and have two children.
oBdNR TIL Camels originated in North America and crossed the Bering land bridge to Asia.
9Yk6Q TIL when the band The Verve received their first record company advance, singer Richard Ashcroft spent all of the money on having a piping hot lasagne delivered to his door every day until the cash ran out
LdbP TIL - A WW2 Observation pilot got bored of not being in combat and decided to strap 6 bazooka’s to his plane destroying several tanks and armoured vehicles .