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TIL that the SS officer who arrested Anne Frank and the other inhabitants of the secret annex later bought her book to see if he was in it. (He wasn’t.)

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l7YOB TIL There is a total of 184 birds in the 12 Days of Christmas.
Oo4XR TIL the ManhattAnt is a unique species of ant found only in New York City. Biologists stumbled upon them in the Broadway medians at 63rd and 76th streets in 2010, and the biologists claim the ant species does not match any of the 13,000 known species. The ants subsist on a diet high in corn syrup.
mK9Y TIL: That until a couple of years ago homebrewing wasn’t officially legal in all 50 United States.
5VrGr TIL Whale songs can be used to map out the ocean floor
78ngr TIL in 1991, a man broke into the Florida State Capitol. His demands included pizza, beer, cigarettes, Chinese food, and marijuana. He also requested 666 donuts for the police and phone calls with Ice Cube, Timothy Leary. Although none of his demands were met, the standoff ended peacefully.