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TIL Alexander the Great admired Achilles and that the city of Troy was probably a part of modern day Turkey

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j9dE TIL of the term “Drawbridge Mentality”, a term used to describe people who move into a community they consider “unspoilt”, then oppose any form of inward migration and development.
7rRWP TIL the term "ZIP" code is actually an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, was introduced in the 40's only for large cities, and was a signature mark for the USPS to give the impression that the mail would "zip" along faster if citizens used it.
x6QZD TIL the CEO of a Swiss organization “The Last Resort”, Florian Willen, who illegally used a “sarco” suicide pod to kill an American woman and was a major advocate for human euthanasia, died by suicide.
l7M0V TIL there were about 4,500 lynchings in the USA from 1883-1941 - mostly blacks in the South, and whites outside of it. This averages to 78 killings per year throughout the entire country. The population of the United States was 50-130 million from 1880-1940.
W7La8 TIL that Van Halen's touring contract stated that if they found any brown M&M's backstage the band could cancel the concert at the full expense of the promotor. If brown M&M's were found it meant the promotor hadn't read every word of the contract and may have missed important safety-related items.