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TIL Parrots can live 40-60 Years, I noticed this after coming back to my childhood home and seeing the same two green parrots in and old neighbor's backyard (i haven't been back in 15 years)

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nMAG TIL Fidel Castro and his entourage stayed at the Hotel Theresa in Harlem, a centre of the Black community, during his 1960 New York City visit. There he felt African Americans would be more sympathetic to his cause. His stay in Harlem prompted many other leaders to visit the neighborhood
wLLk7 TIL US Natl Parks are looking to raise fees to $70. Link to public comment in article.
dmkr TIL that whenever Kevin Bacon is at a party he gives the DJ $20 NOT to play ‘Footloose.’ “People expect me to start doing flips like a trained monkey. I try to avoid that.”
ye7p TIL Mitch Mitchell, the drummer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience, earned his spot with the group over the flip of a coin.
1DlW TIL VLC’s icon is a traffic cone because the students who created the media player kept a collection of traffic cones.