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TIL zebras and donkeys can breed resulting in a zonkey

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oBlbA TIL the 1954 novel "Lord Of The Flies" by William Golding is Stephen King's favorite book
ljKK TIL that pickled ginger may be traditionally served with sushi due to its antiseptic and anti-nausea properties, which help counteract the consequences of eating spoiled food.
WkW84 TIL actor Dan Richter, the lead man-ape in "2001: A Space Odyssey", had the status of a “legal” drug addict in England, and injected a doctor-prescribed combination of heroin and cocaine up to 7 times daily. When he needed additional stimulation, he always had state-supplied crystal meth on hand
Dmkp TIL that the US wanted to switch completely to the metric system and is still going slowly towards it
9gPp TIL a fully loaded C-130 Hercules can carry $2.4b in cash. In 2003, twenty-one shipments of American cash totaling 363 tonnes were flown into Iraq. $6.6b of that money is totally unaccounted for and could be the largest cash theft in American history.