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TIL Swans have more than 20,000 feathers!

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d8pE9 Today I learned, shortly after Steve Irwin's death, his father quit the family zoo to pursue animal conservation and continue Steve's dream. Leaving behind the bad relationship he had with Terry Irwin who had been pushing heavy commercialisation of the business.
OWr6 TIL the British law for Treason was created in 1351, is written in Medieval French and remains unchanged to this day.
XEmLr TIL when Professor Robert Goddard proposed using rockets to send men to the moon the New York Times ran a scathing editorial questioning his credentials, his chair at Clark College and intelligence. In response to Apollo 11 they printed one of the most famous retractions in history.
b61g9 TIL Pope is officially Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the Vatican City State, Servant of the Servants of God.
XE8rP TIL solitaire was included in Windows to teach people how to use a mouse in a graphical user interface