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TIL of the Crowned Eagle, the only known bird to be confirmed as having viewing humans as prey

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9YoNQ TIL of Capt. Samuel Whittemore, an American farmer who survived being shot in the face by a musket AND repeatedly stabbed by bayonet from British soldiers in 1775 during their march to Lexington & Concord, at the age of 78 . . . and went on to live another 18 years.
1aL67 TIL Pablo Picasso's son Claude was a photographer in New York City when his father died. At the time, he had experienced a period of estrangement from his father due to his mother's memoir "Life with Picasso". He later established the "Picasso Administration" to look after copyright
4kyP6 TIL that due to an agreement between the National Archives and Caroline Kennedy, the jacket Jackie Kennedy wore on the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated cannot be displayed in public until 2103
ODJX TIL of a British proposal to have a sniper assassinate Hitler that was vetoed because it was ‘unsportsmanlike’
GYKVN TIL that Houston airport received many complaints about baggage wait times. In response, they moved baggage claim further away so the walk was longer than the wait. The number of complaints dropped.