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TIL Inspector Gadget was voiced by the same actor who played Maxwell Smart (Get Smart) -- Don Adams

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KOkwG TIL America's first recorded murderer was John Billington, an original Plymouth colonist, also a signatory of the Mayflower Compact. He shot a young man who had recently migrated to Plymouth. The motives behind the murder were never recorded so it is still unknown.
woyYW TIL about Jess Larochelle, a Canadian war hero. Despite sustaining severe injuries, including a concussion, broken back, neck, detached retina, and blown eardrum, confronted and forced the retreat of 40 Taliban fighters. There is a campaign to upgrade his war decoration to a Victoria Cross.
0dNyj TIL that scientists had to rename genes because MS Excel would convert those names into dates
KO5P6 TIL that the USA used to have a colorful, cold weather parrot known as the Carolina Parakeet that lived throughout the Midwest, Plains and Eastern States. It became categorized as extinct in 1920. Deforestation, hunting, and its use in fashion killed it off.
mxodO TIL: Parasitic worms can cure or alleviate allergies and suppress the Autoimmune system