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TIL Wombat Poop is Cube-Shaped

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5Y80k TIL There are 72,000 ladybugs in a gallon (approximate "We do not count them.")
GAwN5 TIL: the CIA once got brutally humiliated by the Cuban Government and Fidel Castro when they publicly broadcasted the identity of every single American spy in their territory on every local TV and Newspaper, including recordings of encounters the CIA believed were done in maximum secrecy
W70r9 TIL the first film about the Titanic starred an actor who survived the sinking. Dorothy Gibson was playing bridge when the ship hit the iceberg and she escaped on the first lifeboat. She later starred in "Saved from the Titanic", in which she wore the same clothes that she wore on the Titanic.
dkA9 TIL that “zip” from “zip code” stands for “Zone Improvement Plan”. It was implemented in 1963 as a means of streamlining the mailing system.
JYxy1 TIL it’s legal in the US for companies to sell or lease human bodies that have been “donated to science.” Many donated bodies have to be paid for by researchers, and funeral homes earn a kickback for every “donation.”