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TIL Fish Eggs Survive Digestion by Ducks, Leading to New Fish Populations in Remote Waters

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Z81lD TIL Jimmy Carter is the only American president who was a motorcyclist
4k9Yw TIL: There are 53 "Thankful" villages in the UK where all their members of the armed forces survived WW1. There are 14 which are "Doubly Thankful" having also lost no-one in WW2.
dDLW8 TIL cosmic rays can cause the blue screen of death
ADbKx TIL of the most famous person ever to have literally been in a pickle, Horatio Nelson. He died at sea, so the surgeon on board pickled his body in brandy to preserve it for the long trip to England. 2 weeks into the journey, gaseous pressures burst the cask lid, making Nelson "rise from the dead."
pYBRG TIL on 2008, in Douai, France, a bridegroom sued to annul his marriage because the bride wasn't virgin and had lied on the subject. He won in the High Court but lost in appeal