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TIL that because 22% of the US gold reserves are stored there, the US National Parks Service withholds from the public for security reasons the street address of the West Point Mint (which is located at 41°23′47″N, 73°58′56″W).

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E1K57 TIL of the Schulze-Boysens, a married couple who were members of the German high society. They were also anti-Nazi activists who formed a resistance group known as the Red Orchestra. They were caught and executed in 1942 but the Red Orchestra continued throughout the war as an espionage network.
QN0Ek TIL during the first days of a baby deer (fawn)'s life, they lie still and are mostly alone apart from brief visits by their mother. Yet this early time in a deer's life is when they are the safest from predators.
vJXx TIL approximately one in every 2 Million lobsters has a genetic defect due to an increased protein they produce that causes them to be blue.
eWZJ TIL the mechanism behind night vision isn’t the dilation of our pupils, it’s actually a pigment known as Rhodopsin. It gets destroyed by light and takes the eye 45 minutes to replenish.
7mL7 TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger was already a self made millionaire at 22 years old before appearing in his first movie. He used what he learned in school to invest his bodybuilding contest winnings in real estate and to market gym equipment and exercise supplements.