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TIL The ZIP in ZIP Code stands for Zone Improvement Plan

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rRjk0 TIL that Oklo mine in Africa consists of 16 sites at which self-sustaining nuclear fission reactions which are thought to have taken place approximately 1.7 billion years ago, and ran for hundreds of thousands of years.
R5rlw TIL about Molly Bears - One woman’s mission to help grieving mothers after miscarriages one bear at a time.
Z8xLB TIL of the "Stoned Ape" theory of human evolution which states that early hominids ate "magic mushrooms" growing in the dung of large African Animals and this helped to rapidly evolve the human brain into a state of higher consciousness.
nQPr TIL of a horse named Jim who was used to make diptheria anti-toxin. One day Jim got tetanus and by the time anyone noticed 12 children who received his serum had died, leading to the creation of the 1902 Biologics Control Act.
J1AOl TIL SpaceX stands for Space Exploration Technologies Corp.