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TIL that two zebras died of hunger in a zoo in Palestine and were replaced with donkeys painted with black and white stripes.

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LkGZv TIL that rotisserie chickens are often cheaper than whole raw chickens because grocery stores use them to bring more people into the store and also they are often made with poultry that is about to reach its best by date
XO16 TIL that when Hitler forced the French to surrender during WW2 he did so on the site where the Germans were forced to surrender in WW1. Not only that but he found the same train carriage used in WW1 and forced the French to sign a surrender in that same train carriage.
rNl4W TIL the main key to the Bastille is kept in George Washington’s home, Mount Vernon. It was given to him by the Marquis de Lafayette in 1790, who wrote “It is a tribute which I owe as a son to my adoptive father, as an aide-de-camp to my general, as a missionary of liberty to its patriarch.”
Ebwx TIL GM tried to discredit Ralph Nader, hiring private detectives to tap his phones and investigate his past, and hired prostitutes to trap him in compromising situations. Nader sued GM and settled the case for $425,000. He used the money to start the pro-consumer Center for Study of Responsive Law.
wLDDM TIL that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is married to a member of the British aristocracy. His wife, Joanna, is the youngest daughter of John Hare, also known as the 1st Viscount Blakenham.