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TIL that in 1994 a 75-pound bag of cocaine fell out of a plane and landed in the middle of a Florida crime watch meeting.

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OW66 TIL The New Caledonian Crow is better at toolmaking than any primate (other than humans) and invents new tools by modifying existing ones, then passing these innovations to other individuals and generations.
b9N0 TIL Bob Odenkirk; who plays the character Saul Goodman from Breaking bad, wrote Chris Farley’s “Matt Foley, motivational speaker” character for SNL
9YbZp TIL, On the same day Facebook became a public platform, DARPA suspended a project called LifeLog. The project “aimed to compile a massive electronic database of every activity and relationship a person engages in."
VBAK0 TIL: The trousers of the British Royal Air Force WWIl uniforms had two buttons that served as a compass when put together.
neQeB TIL of the kangaroo mouse that lives in the Nevada desert. It can go its entire life without drinking as they can get all the fluid it needs from the seeds and grain it eats