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TIL there are no snakes in New Zealand

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9wL5G TIL that the incorrect usage of an apostrophe in english for a plural noun (e.g. "burger's") is called a greengrocer's apostrophe.
l7GmB TIL “Jingle Bells” was originally written to be a Thanksgiving song.
9omr TIL that the UK illegal cannabis industry is so large at £7 billion that It has to be included in the country’s GDP.
vPMXL TIL in 1959 the US Post Office Dept used the submarine USS Barbero to test the concept of rocket mail. A cruise missile with its warhead replaced with two mail containers was launched from the sub and successfully recovered at a naval air station in Florida
P7bG TIL the Melbourne, Australia holds the biggest Italian population outside of Italy and the largest Greek population outside of Greece