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TIL about the "Oozlefinch", a featherless bird that flies backward at supersonic speed carrying Nike missiles and was the unofficial mascot of the U.S. Army Coastal Artillery.

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yQxa8 TIL the word restaurateur does not have an N in it, I'm floored by this. res·tau·ra·teur /ˌrestərəˈtər/ : P. restaurateurs, a person who owns and manages a restaurant.
QNDvM TIL about the 1936 Literary Digest Presidential Poll which was so wrong it destroyed the magazine's credibility. It projected Republican Alf Landon to defeat Incumbent Franklin Roosevelt easily. Roosevelt ended up winning 48 states and the popular vote by 24 percentage points
VMZBp TIL Whales and Dolphins closest living relatives is the Hippopotamus, just as Chimpanzees are the closest living relative to Homo Sapiens.
9Ya7B TIL that JFK wore a rigid back brace due to his poor health and terrible back which left him sitting upright in the limo after being initially shot by Oswald. Thereby, giving Oswald a clear second shot.
X6YQ TIL in 2005, a man received a penis transplant for the first time in history after his own was severed in an accident. Two weeks after the procedure took place, it had to be removed “because of a severe psychological problem of the recipient and his wife”