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TIL that English Pouter Pigeons exist
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TIL that a ghost army is seen every year on May 17 in Frangokastello, Greece. Nazis reportedly shot at the apparitions during WWII.
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TIL Lady Astor, the first female British MP, was constantly at odds with British PM Winston Churchill. During a debate, she declared that if married to him, she’d have poisoned his tea. Churchill responded ‘Madam, if I was your husband, I would drink it.’
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TIL the 1975 Haicheng earthquake is widely considered the most successful example of earthquake prediction, with the city having been evacuated beforehand, resulting in few deaths. However, the prediction was only possible due to a special foreshock sequence, making it useless for future prediction.
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Today I learned that upper class women in the Tudor era exposed their breast for fashion. Even Elizabeth was known to greet the French ambassador with her entire breast exposed according to one article by Louis Montrose. It is even documented she would sometimes have her belly exposed as well!
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TIL Magellan’s expedition claimed to have encountered giants in South America. While anchored near modern-day Argentina, Magellan’s men reported encountering 8-foot-tall men on the beaches of Patagonia. Historians have surmised that the “giants” were actuality members of the Tehuelche tribe.