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TIL the Common Kestral used to be called a “Windfucker”

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pL1e TIL Greenland is called Greenland because Erik The Red who was exiled from ICELAND wanted to give it a more interesting name than ICELAND in order to attract settlers.
oEx7 TIL of the World Health Organization “Cocaine Project,” which was banned from publication because it concluded that, “occasional cocaine use does not typically lead to severe or even minor physical or social problems,” among other positives
MnKK TIL that in the 18th century John Harrison claimed that he could build a clock to keep time to within a second over 100 days; it triggered widespread ridicule at his time. The clock had been built to his exact specifications in 2015; it was declared the “most accurate mechanical clock”
LZn0 TIL the country with highest number of camels is Australia
5YRNR TIL the first street fight ever filmed was between 2 men as they was leaving work in Halifax,England - 1901