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TIL Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich was so obsessive that he regularly sent cards to himself to test how well the postal service was working.

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vKxr TIL that in 1869, Chinese and Irish labourers working on the Central Pacific Railway managed to lay down 10 miles of tracks in just one day, something that has never been matched since.
kbYm TIL Oxana Malaya was abandoned at the age of 3 and raised by dogs. When she was found (8) she walked on four, barked, and completely behaved like a dog.
78RmX TIL the chirping sound pigeons make when they fly is actually caused by their wings.
QNZYd TIL n 2004, seven men living on Pitcairn Island faced 55 charges relating to sexual offences against children and young adults. The accused represented a third of the island's male population, and most are descendants of mutineers of HMS Bounty.
4k9Gg TIL Mussolini’s son in law, Count Ciano, was purged from the cabinet in 1943 when he was implicated in a plot to replace his father. Despite being offered many other safer positions away from Italy as a concession to his familial ties, Ciano chose the ambassadorship to the Holy See.