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TIL An African flamingo known only has No. 492 escaped a Kansas zoo in 2005 and has been roaming the U.S. ever since.

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pY0AQ TIL: Since 2005, when the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act took effect, any citizen can opt out of receiving credit card solicitations by mail permanently. However, there is no option to do it online, you must buy a stamp and mail a physical form.
4kerw TIL of Law Lords. Formally known as Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, they were members of the House of Lords acting as judges for the chamber's judicial functions as it was the UK's court of last resort for over 200 years, until the creation of the UK Supreme Court in 2009.
KOeVB TIL of the Sloot Digital Coding System which allegedly could compress a whole movie to 8kb, but the creator died before releasing the code and only parts of it have been recovered
EG9x TIL Philip Seymour Hoffman guest starred in an episode of kid’s cartoon ‘Arthur’, playing a famous theater director called William Fillmore Toffman.
ADw7a TIL that peanuts are a fruit, and the only fruit that grows underground (root fruit!)