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TIL that US zip codes as we know it only started in the 60s

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W7Ydd TIL: A 104-year-old British biscuit that explorer Ernest Shackleton gave to a starving companion sold at auction for £1,250. Years before, a biscuit from another Shackleton expedition sold for £7,637, even though just several crumbs remained.
engn TIL that the movie Akeelah and the Bee was produced by Starbucks.
jGKQ TIL that in Portland in the 1800s there were so many trees cut down that people could use the stumps as stepping stones to keep out of the mud while they walked.
j6na TIL that there is an American Ultimate Disc League, and it’s apparently gaining steam.
oBxMo TIL that the opening scene of Zoolander (the awards ceremony) was actually filmed during the commercial breaks at the real-life 2000 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards.