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TIL that the Hooded Pitohui is one of the first known poisonous birds. Their feathers give off a neurotoxin (homobatrachotoxin) which causes numbness and has previously only been found in the skin of poison dart frogs. It inhabits the rainforests and tropical jungles of New Guinea.

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ADZBn TIL that in 2010 a couple purchased the town of 'Wauconda', in Washington, for just $360,000. It came with a café, a gas station, a post office, a four-bedroom house and their own zip code.
6EbMW TIL about Charlie Faust, who joined the New York Giants in 1911 after a fortuneteller said he'd lead them to the World Series, though he was no athlete. The Giants won the pennant that year and started 54-11 in 1912 before releasing Faust, who was later diagnosed with dementia and died in 1915.
Z8NJp TIL In 2004 an abandoned Japanese settlement was found hidden in the forests of British Columbia located around 12 miles northeast of Vancouver, Canada.
BJ4x TIL Jesse Jackson, Jr. and his wife were sentenced to jail for using $750,000 in campaign money for over 3000 personal purchases that included a Michael Jackson fedora and cashmere capes.
v1de8 TIL there was a Tennessee Republican politician who changed his middle name to 'Low tax' so that it would appear on the ballot box, murdered his political opponent in a later senatorial race, was sentenced to life and died in prison.