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TIL the national bird of Peru is the Andean cock-of-the-rock.

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G4P7 TIL of Last Thursdayism, a belief that the universe was created last Thursday, and it is absolutely impossible to disprove.
XBRk TIL a Japanese pilot who attacked a town in Oregon during WWII returned 20 years later to present his family’s 400-year-old sword as a symbol of regret. His daughter later said, if he had received a hostile reaction, he would’ve used the sword to perform a ritual suicide by disembowelment instead.
R5MPl TIL Neapolitan ice cream was invented in Prussia.
Ypx7r TIL there's a holiday called 'Buy Nothing Day' an international day of protest against consumerism & 'Black Friday.' Participants wander around shopping malls or other consumer havens with a blank stare.
OVZe TIL that watermelons and pumpkins are classified as berries.