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TIL there are no snakes in Hawaii

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wLEaE TIL that the US Pentagon has the high number of 284 toilets, which is twice as much as the actual needs for the staff. The Pentagon avoids talking about this fact because it is due to the racial segregation laws in force in Virginia during the construction of the building, between 1941 and 1943.
QYkd TIL that the meme about the Asian woman who got plastic surgery and got sued by her husband after having ugly kids was actually just a model who appeared in an advertisement. She is now unable to get modelling work, despite never having received plastic surgery.
9YDvB TIL the game developer HAL Laboratory got its name because "each letter put them one step ahead of IBM"
WkKXA TIL in the early 1890s one man released 100 European Starlings in New York City, which have grown to 200 million today as an invasive pest. The story goes he wished for all birds mentioned in Shakespeare's works to reside in America.
0LJv TIL The Pbs character Wishbone has over 50 fictional books about him