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TIL Geese are the oldest known domesticated bird species

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x6015 TIL WWII German top general von Ribbentrop once competed in a figure skating competition in Canada
Z44G TIL Metal “whiskers” can grow spontaneously from circuit board components, and have caused the failure of at least one satellite, and were detected in a failed relay at a nuclear power plant
N75YM TIL about Wonderland. A Boeing bomber facotory from WWII on the West coast that built a fake residential town on its roof to camouflage it from potential ememy airstrikes
nWogr TIL In 2021, a US drone strike mistakenly targeted a man delivering water for a California-based nonprofit
6Ly8 TIL that the founder of the modern frozen food industry, Clarence Birdseye, was inspired when ice fishing in Labrador, Canada, in -40°C weather. He discovered that the fish he caught froze almost instantly and tasted fresh afterwards unlike the slowly frozen seafood sold in New York.