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TIL There is a Polar Bear jail in Canada that houses incarcerated Polar Bears that are guilty of being nuisances.

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NXj8b TIL about Ans van Dijk, a Dutch Jewish woman who collaborated with the Nazis and whose actions are believed to have caused the deaths of 84 to 700 people.
ANWy7 TIL in the 1980's American Airlines realized most people were not eating the olive from the salad. Cutting one olive from salad saved them $40,000 a year
wj8E TIL the Pentagon has twice as many toilets than it would have had if it were built today, due to being built in a time of segregation
XnvP TIL: Albert Einstein wrote an article explaining why socialism is better than “evil” capitalism.
Zv8R TIL that in response to being booed by Brooklyn Dodger fans during a ballgame, future manager extraordinaire Casey Stengel came to the plate with a sparrow tucked beneath his cap. Turning to the crowd he tipped his cap and out flew the sparrow, effectively giving the crowd “the bird”.