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TIL that birds rub ants on themselves. This behavior is known as 'anting' and is thought to serve self-maintenance functions

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MervW TIL that James Buchanan, the 15th US president, continuously bought slaves with his own money in order to free them.
W7waN TIL that the Icelandic horse is a unique breed known for its additional gait called the tölt.
mxrMY TIL A fictional island was created in 1977 by Britain's Newspaper Guardian as an April Fools day joke, complete with elaborate descriptions of the island nation's tourism and developing economy...
xV7YB TIL that in 1925, the IRA sent a delegation to the USSR to ask for weapons. The Soviet delegation asked the IRA how many bishops they had killed. When the Irish said they hadn't killed any, the Soviets replied "Ah, you people are not serious at all."
GAgMj TIL Istanbul (Not Constantinople) was originally recorded in 1953 by the band The Four Lads. I also learned that I can't post the more contemporary band's name because it gets flagged as conjecture.