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TIL that angry imported military camels roamed the Wild West

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WkDl4 TIL the 9th president of the USA William Henry Harrison, contracted and subsequently died of pneumonia after performing A exhausting 8,445 word speech in subzero conditions with no coat or gloves for warmth.
WkJ08 TIL about Francisco Boix who not only survived Mauthausen concentration camp. He also managed to save thousands of negatives that would later be used as photographic evidence documenting the atrocities. He even helped convict nazis at the Nuremberg trials using his evidence.
QJQ46 TIL that tea used to be consumed only as a medicine in England, but when people saw the Portuguese queen drinking tea regularly, it became popular there too.
nW48r TIL that people who work with birds or own many birds can get a disease called “Bird Fancier's Lung”. It is triggered by exposure to avian proteins present in the dry dust of droppings or feathers of a variety of birds.
665W TIL that the Chrysler PT Cruiser is actually a truck. Chrysler specifically designed it to fit criteria for a light truck in order to bring the average fuel efficiency of the company’s light truck fleet into compliance with standards.