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TIL that that platypus has no stomach

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grmw9 TIL General Alexander Suvorov, a war criminal responsible for massacre of Praga in 1794, is a historical celebrity commemorated in Switzerland
x6X0D TIL that in 1943 Herman the Cat was officially hired by the United States Coast Guard as an “Expert Mouser” to essentially control or eradicate the rodent population aboard ships.
EbZX TIL: FDR changed the date of Thanksgiving to make the Christmas shopping season longer.
VkNQ TIL that in 2002, when Bruce Willis’s daughter suggested he buy girl scout cookies for troops, Willis responded by buying 12,000 cookies and sending them to sailors and soldiers in the Middle East.
aPVb TIL Apollo 12 commander Pete Conrad’s first word upon setting foot on the Moon was “Whoopee!” in order to win a $500 bet with an Italian journalist that NASA didn’t script astronaut declarations.