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TIL that, in Mexico, artists may pay their taxes with Artwork

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XY7D TIL The ZIP in ZIP Code stands for Zone Improvement Plan
oRVlr TIL the US government allowed a Hungarian priest to live in the US embassy in Budapest from 1956 to 1971, where he was fully protected from the Red Army who wanted his head. He never left the building once in 15 years.
VM4P4 TIL that a cockatoo, an Australian bird, was kept by the Holy Roman Emperor in the 13th century, 4 centuries before Australia was discovered by white Europeans.
p8mke TIL About 80,000 people are in solitary confinement in the U.S. every day. The average length of stay in solitary is 7.5 years. Solitary inmates are 5x more likely to commit suicide and 95% report new mental illnesses.
nWBvP TIL: Horses are in fact native to, and originate from North America.