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TIL that during World War II, a pigeon named G.I. Joe saved over 1,000 lives by delivering a message to cancel a bombing mission just in time, as Allied troops had already captured the target.

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WkPaA TIL Pop singer Kesha was born with a quarter inch vestigial tail. She commented "I had a tail when I was born...they chopped it off and stole my tail...I’m really sad about that story".
gM5dA TIL a nearly worthless Mormon owned cow precipitated the start of the US war with the Lakota.
1oeW TIL that in 1962 comedian Lenny Bruce was arrested for using the word “schmuck” on stage. “Schmuck” is a Yiddish swear word for “penis”, and is considered deeply offensive in Yiddish speaking communities.
4Xab5 TIL a major factor for Joseph Stalin’s rise to power in the Soviet Union was that political rival Leon Trotsky missed Vladimir Lenin’s funeral - because Stalin gave Trotsky the wrong date.