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TIL the collective term for cardinals (the bird) is a Vatican

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9wrd6 TIL that the Zip in Zip Code stands for Zone Improvement Plan, has been in use since 1963, and adds $10 billion annually to the US economy.
yEvv TIL Tea is the most popular manufactured drink consumed in the world, equaling all others – including coffee, chocolate, soft drinks, and alcohol – combined
LE0 TIL you can be fined up to $2500 per Kinder Chocolate Egg if you try to bring them from Canada to US
nWlMd TIL The expression ‘sweet Fanny Adams’ was coined in 1869 by sailors in the Royal Navy, whose macabre humour likened the contents of their tinned meat to Fanny’s remains. From this it gradually became a euphemism for ‘sweet nothing’.
86y4 TIL Kim Jong Il once tried to solve North Korea’s food shortages by breeding giant rabbits. A German farmer sent them 12 giant rabbits to get started, but later learned all 12 were eaten at Kim Jong Il’s birthday party.