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TIL that drug smugglers have SUCCESSFULLY used carrier pigeons to smuggle drugs. Wow.

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b9Rvj TIL the Crying Indian in the Keep America Beautiful ad was really an Italian guy named Espera "Oscar" de Conti. He moved to Hollywood, changed his name to Iron Eyes Cody and had a 60-year career as an Indian. Even after being found out he still claimed to be Cherokee and Cree, not Sicilian.
eDn TIL a tiger is most likely to win a fight against a lion.
xVDBk TIL: When chicago radio station “the loop” was replaced by a Christian music station. They signed off with highway to hell!
VWWp TIL That there is no scientific reason for the 21 year old drinking age in the U.S. It exists strictly because if states do not comply, they will lose 10% of their federal highway fund.
8elnb TIL that after being initially cancelled, the second season of ‘Jericho’ was only reinstated after fans sent 20 tons of nuts to CBS studios in a nationwide protest.