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TIL that an American pilot was decorated with one of Germany’s highest medals for dropping miniature parachutes with candy during Berlin Airlift

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d8MaE TIL that in 1931, a 15 year old girl suffering from paralysis was mistakenly injected with blood from a pet parrot after her family physician called a nearby hospital for advice and misheard "parent's blood" as "parrot's blood"
rNGGW TIL that it’s a myth that the Golden Gate Bridge is painted from end-to-end each year or several years. The Bridge undergoes only ongoing touch up painting, and not complete repainting the moment it’s done.
JYYW1 TIL of Nauru. In 1980, the island nation was considered the wealthiest nation on the planet; in 2017, BusinessTech listed it as one of the five poorest countries in the world.
nPMY TIL that there are completely black Chicken that have black plumage, black legs and nails, black tongue, black meat and bones and even black organs.
VBky8 TIL that the earliest known recipe for mashed potatoes appeared in 1747.