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TIL The Birds (Spring/Summer 1995) is the fifth collection by British designer Alexander McQueen for his eponymous fashion house. The Birds was inspired by ornithology, the study of birds, and the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds, for which it was named

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p8AMp TIL Whole grains contain the entire grain kernel ― the bran, germ, and endosperm. Refined grains have been milled, a process that removes the bran and germ. This is done to give grains a finer texture and improve their shelf life, but it also removes dietary fiber, iron, and many B vitamins.
QNM0a TIL: Cartier owner Richemont bought back and destroyed £400million of its watches to prevent them from being sold at a discount
LQvOQ TIL about John Parsons, an Ohioan criminal who escaped from prison for three months using a rope made out of bedsheets, newspaper and toilet paper. In the time between his capture he lived in the wilderness in a small shack, and planned to go to Canada.
NXgON TIL that retired pro boxer George Chuvalo was never knocked down in his 93 bout professional career. Which included fights against Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman.
4Xwja TIL that several former Nazis, including Adolf Heusinger, who served as acting Chief of Staff of the Army for Nazi Germany, and Johannes Steinhoff, who was one of the highest scoring Luftwaffe pilots, took high level positions within NATO after World War II.