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TIL that birds can 'see' magnetic fields

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9wE47 TIL that Xbox Live on the original Xbox was resurrected
R5aR9 TIL Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury refused to cooperate with her execution and was hacked to pieces by a "wretched and blundering youth" as the main executor was away
yN7V TIL that Coco Chanel, famed fashion designer and feminine icon, was a homophobe, an anti-Semite and a Nazi collaborator
nLOo TIL the word cereal comes from the the Roman goddess Ceres, and her association with edible grains.
ZpgaG TIL of Bum Farto, a fire chief and convicted drug dealer from Florida. He disappeared in February 1976 and has not been seen since. He was declared legally dead in 1986 so his wife could collect pension and insurance policies.