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TIL Nikola Tesla never married, but claimed to have fallen in love with a white pigeon. After its death, he told friends that he felt his life's work was over. “I loved that pigeon as a man loves a woman, and she loved me. As long as I had her, there was a purpose to my life.”

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QJ40M TIL The Order of the Phoenix is a real order. The honour is bestowed by the Greek government to Greek citizens who have excelled in the arts and literature, science, public administration, shipping, commerce, and industry.
7reM7 TIL that while dolphins are known to be intelligent and friendly, some males are known to bash unrelated dolphin calves to death so they are able to mate with their mothers. They also practice herding, in which many males pressure a female for sex using displays of aggression.
5YvBn TIL about The Breast Tax which was a tax imposed on the lower caste and untouchable Hindu women by the Kingdom of Tranvancore (in present-day Kerala state of India) if they wanted to cover their breasts in public, until 1924.
R7NVw TIL that an Escher sentence is a comparative sentence that seems to make sense but doesn't on closer inspection: "more people have been to Russia than I have"
yQbN8 TIL on August 4, 1922, phone service across the United States and Canada was suspended for one minute to honor Alexander Graham Bell's funeral with a moment of silence.