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TIL that New York City's Queens Zoo once received a lion cub despite having no lion enclosure. The cub, named Genghis Khan, was later moved to California.

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R75b4 TIL that the episode 'Paedogeddon!' of satirical series Brass Eye received nearly 3000 complaints. Some politicians condemned the episode, but later admitted never seeing it, including former Home Secretary David Blunkett who said he hadn't seen it because he was 'on holiday at the time and blind'.
okpL TIL On average, Americans eat 90 acres of pizza per day.
LjN9 TIL that when orchestra’s do “blind auditions” where you can’t see the artist performing, females are chosen 50% more often than in traditional auditions.
1aKXP TIL that although most people believe that the distress signal SOS stands for "Save our souls" or "Save our ship", the letters don't actually stand for anything.
9wDmX TIL in No Country for Old Men one of the characters says "Here a while back in San Antonio they shot and killed a federal judge", which is a reference to a 1979 assassination committed by Woody Harrelson’s father, for which he received 2 life sentences