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TIL it’s Mourning Dove, not “Morning” Dove

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d8PVB TIL in Philadelphia, due to long-standing custom, one foot (12 inches) is not actually 12 inches for survey purposes. Each “Survey District” uses a different measure and a “foot” is usually longer than 12 inches.
pYMRZ TIL of Rampjaar (or the Disaster Year), which refers to the year 1672 in Dutch history. Things went so badly that year that it is generally described with this saying "The people were irrational; the government desperate; and the country irretrievable"
OkD4 TIL there is a book by Russian scientist Kirill Yeskov, which tells the tale of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings from Sauron’s perspective, and of the orcs retreat as they are pursued by elves in an attempt to exterminate them.
PYLyg TIL on 'Rain Man's' release many airlines showed an edited version on flights, cutting the scene in which Ray highlights crash records for specific airlines. Quantas was the only airline that showed the scene in full due to Ray stating they "never crashed."
Y7nJA TIL heinz spent 185,000 hours over eight yeas redesigning its squeeze bottle lid