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TIL Neapolitan ice cream was invented in Prussia, not Italy

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9aa7 TIL of the Carolina Parakeet, a neotropical parrot that was native to much of the United States up until they were driven extinct by deforestation, hunting, and possibly disease in 1910. They lived in huge flocks of up to 300 birds and were likely poisonous to eat.
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