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TIL a sexually mature male duck is called a drake
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DOQY
TIL of Cookie, a cockatoo that turned 82 years today. He is believed to be the oldest specimen of his species in captivity
Em5w
TIL of the Queen’s Champion. During the coronation banquet, the Champion would ride into Westminster Hall in full armor and await any challenger to the throne. The current Queen’s Champion is a chartered accountant.
QevX
TIL Van Halen’s “no brown M&Ms” clause was to check that venues had adhered to the safety standards in the contract. If there were brown M&Ms, it was a tell tale sign they had not.
PBoG
TIL of Yang Kyoungjon, a Korean soldier who fought in the Imperial Japanese Army, captured and forced into the Soviet Red Army, and later recaptured and forced into the German Wehrmacht during World War II, eventually being captured and freed by paratroopers of the US army in 1944.
Me7v7
TIL: 92 Russians died for every 1 American in WWII