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TIL that despite their looks, falcons are more closely related to parrots than they are to hawks and eagles.

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yePJ TIL that when Canada loses a soldier in Afghanistan, thousands of Canadians line the bridges along the Highway of Heroes in a show of compassion; hoping there won’t be a reason to return to the bridges again.
0w64M TIL on January 8th 1297, Francois Grimaldi, a genoan dressed as a Franciscan friar, captured the castle of Monaco by ruse. His descendants still rule Monaco today.
LQYYm TIL while some mammals have 'baby teeth', others have special stem cells which allow continuously growing teeth. Rats have continuously growing incisors, and rabbits and voles have continuously growing molars
1ajed TIL william lever, founder of sunlight soap which later became Unilever, collaborated with belgian congo and used forced labor.
78EyX TIL of Kamarajar - former chief minister of an Indian state who implemented a free lunch program for kids at school almost 70 years ago (1956). The program is still running.