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TIL The US Federal Reserve is privately owned

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OooGe TIL that in 2007 a gorilla escaped from his exhibit, grabbed and mauled a nearby woman, and then attacked a restaurant. It was later revealed it was caused by the woman making eye contact and smiling at him several times a week, which zookeepers told her not to do
69RKJ TIL of Hippoboscoidea, a superfamily of flies that includes the non-flying 'bat-flies', used to be called Pupipara because the larva grows inside their mother who lays downs pupas instead of eggs.
4Neb TIL companies can still legally fire a worker for being gay in 29 states.
mwOy TIL that in 1999 an Iraqi refugee fled to Australia and lived off their welfare system. Years later after he became successful, he walked into the local welfare office and tried to pay back every cent with an $18,000 check.
rRV1w TIL South Africa is the only country in the world that has developed nuclear weapons and then later gave them up