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TIL a small war was fought between the 3 original settlements that would become Milwaukee. Even today the bridges downtown are crooked because each settlement refused to acknowledge the street layout of the settlements on the other side of the river.

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BrnQL TIL in the UK, the 5 archbishops and 21 most senior bishops of the Church of England are automatically granted 26 seats at the House of Lords (UK's Senate), with full voting powers. According to Humanists UK, the only other country to give clerics this kind of power is the Islamic Republic of Iran.
MerVV TIL that when "Feed the Birds" was being played at Walt Disney's 100th Birthday celebrations in 2001 by Richard Sherman, a small bird landed on the piano on which he was playing. It was Walt's favourite song and Richard swears that it must have been Walt coming to listen once again.
VMdVD TIL Disney does not own Dr. Seuss but there’s one book where Dr. Seuss anonymously wrote the text and it’s called “Life of Donald Duck”
kOXNm TIL that whales and dolphins get sunburns too, sparking concern that the thinned ozone layer can lead to the development of skin cancer in these animals.
a8w8o TIL followers of the Yazidi religion do not eat lettuce, as it is thought that when a 13th century Yazidi saint was executed, the crowd pelted him with heads of lettuce.