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TIL that bread isn’t good for ducks, and worse is actually the equivalent of fast food to them.

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mExP TIL that Winston Churchill, after being told that he could not drink in front of Saudi King due to the King’s religious beliefs, said “my religion prescribed an absolute sacred rite smoking cigars and drinking alcohol before, after, and if need be during all meals and the intervals between them.”
b6kZQ TIL: in the English language the colour orange was called yellow red before the fruit became common in the 1500s
9mZD TIL Coca-Cola created a campaign to promote unity between India and Pakistan by using high-end vending machines which allowed people in both countries to communicate with each other in real-time.
4kgko TIL Around 5,300 kids were killed at school due to the 2008 earthquake in China
KPy9 TIL a tractor trailer’s hitch came loose in Indianapolis and spilled 38,000 pounds of marbles on the roadway.