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TIL for charity people do 'Masturbate-A-Thon's?

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wLvx6 TIL the San Diego Zoo Animals & Plants is the only zoo outside of Australia to have Platypuses. When they were sent from Australia, in 2019, it was the first time in 50 years that Platypuses had been cared for outside of Australia.
XAWk TIL that Pittsburgh, PA has 446 bridges – 3 more than Venice, Italy.
J1DJj TIL The Martians were a group of Hungarian scientists from the early 20th century. The name comes from Leó Szilárd joke answer as to why there was no evidence of intelligent life outside of earth, "They are already here among us – they just call themselves Hungarians."
yQyYe TIL that in 1784 Great Britain imposed a tax on bricks to pay for the war in America. In response, people starting using larger bricks, and buildings can be dated based on the brick size
Ypglr TIL There are more Tigers in American backyards than in the wild