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TIL That the mallard duck has a retinal visual field giving 360 degrees visual coverage

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X0ed6 TIL of the Loughton incinerator thefts. Between 1988 and 1992 at the Bank of England's incinerator plant, four employees stole more than £600,000 of used bank notes due for incineration. They were eventually found out when the husband of one tried to deposit £100k in used £20s and £50s.
kOb15 TIL In 1959 a Norwegian company delivered ice from Norway to Gabon by truck.
M5xB TIL that 1-3% of the population are known as the sleepless elite. This group of people routinely get 6 hours or less of sleep daily and remain totally functional.
Lg40 TIL in 1933 Major General Smedley Butler proclaimed there was a Coup d'état plot against Roosevelt by the Fascist American upper class who were opposed to the New Deal. He was asked to lead half a million men to take the white house and establish a dictatorship.
yVOVa TIL. Although the last letter of the English Alphabet is "Z", so far the last letter added to it was "J".