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TIL the only country with no live chickens is Vatican City

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VXbk TIL Woody Allen’s son tweeted last Father’s Day: “Happy father’s day— or as they call it in my family, happy brother-in-law’s day”
oAxE TIL that Hugh Thompson, Jr. saw US soldiers murdering entire villages of unarmed civilians. He landed his helicopter and stood between the murders and the civilians. His actions are what stopped the massacre at My Lai.
4XL4J TIL "Scottie" from Star Trek was Lieutenant James Doohan who was shot by machine-gun on D-Day. One bullet blew off his finger, 4 struck his leg and 1 hit him in the chest. A silver cigarette case stopped the bullet to the chest. He later joked it was the only time being a smoker saved his life
R5LAa TIL Because tungsten and gold have almost identical weights, fake gold bars and coins made from tungsten cannot be identified by the usual method of density testing, and ultrasound has to be used instead.
QxWM TIL Bon Scott liked the Young Brothers, but thought they were too inexperienced and too young to rock. The Young Brothers replied with saying Scott was too old to rock. But after one jam session with each other, it was obvious AC/DC found its new lead singer