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TIL: The U.S. Federal tax code has 74,608 pages (187 times longer than it was a century ago)

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vMA8 TIL There is a non-profit organization called “House With A Heart” that takes in and cares for senior dogs, many with special needs, that have been abandoned by their owners. The facility operates as a hospice, seeing to it that older dogs are not consigned to dying in shelters, or worse.
LQoyZ TIL that Jelly Beans use an ingredient called Shellac, which are secretions from bugs
EQwX TIL the Goliath Grouper fish was once called the “Jewfish” but had it’s name changed because it was thought to be too offensive
wXA6 TIL FedEx CEO Fred Smith saved the company in the 1970s by gambling their last $5000 in Vegas
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