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TIL Bonnie Bedeilia's maiden name is Culkin. Her brother Kit is father to Macaulay and Kieran

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oRPdW TIL an African grey parrot named "Nigel" who spoke with a British accent, went missing from his California home. He was returned 4 years later speaking Spanish
Lkvdp TIL Charles Darwin was the first to put wheels on his office chair in order to get to his specimens quicker, inventing the modern office chair
8akBb TIL the US Army experimented with using "platoons" of geese to guard sites run by the 32nd Air Defense Command
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