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TIL about Reasonable Blackman, an African silk merchant in 16th century London that was one of the first people of African Heiritage to own a business in London

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WkbyN TIL in 1919, marines killed Charlemange Péralte, who led a resistance against the US occupation of Haiti. Troops distributed a photo of his strung-up carcass to discourage rebels, but it backfired. He looked crucified, turning him into an icon & a martyr. He was even put on Haitian coins in the 90s
Oo5Oe TIL About Charlie, a Blue Macaw who is still alive after 120 years. He first hatched in 1899 and is the oldest of his kind ever recorded. He can be heard screeching anti-Nazi propoganda at his home at a garden centre in England.
0wQXR TIL that Moscow has more people than Berlin, Madrid, Paris, and Rome combined.
R759Q TIL Jurrasic Park's T-Rex was almost as dangerous as a real one (and almost killed someone).
wRxJ TIL The taxonomist, Linnaeus, had also hypothesized the idea of a Flower Clock; A garden filled with specific plants that open or close their flowers at particular times of the day.