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TIL the Philippine Eagle is the largest eagle in the world, stands at one (1) meter in height and has a wingspan of about two (2) meters.

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mxajY TIL about Desmond Doss, a WWII medic who was teased for his choice to not harm the enemy or wield a weapon. He would go on to win the Medal of Honor for saving more than 50 men after a mortar attack, and the heroics were made into the award winning movie "Hacksaw Ridge".
6EAB8 TIL that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke a creole language associated with the descendants of slaves called Gullah as his first-language and that his relative silence on the Court is due in part to self-consciousness from being teased about the way he spoke as a child in rural Georgia.
dDxPQ TIL the Leaning Tower of Pisa was almost destroyed in WW2 but spared because of how beautiful it is
xmQg TIL that despite World War I being over 100 years ago, France still recovers 900 tons of un-exploded munitions (mostly from that war) every year.
OGXVg TIL that Brad Pitt has a younger brother named Doug who is a UN Goodwill Ambassador for Tanzania