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TIL that the Bald Eagle is not officially the national bird despite representing the United States for over 248 years

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pYZLQ TIL that play is deemed so essential for healthy development that the United Nations recognizes it as a human right for all children.
woy9E TIL Greece demanded return of the Elgin Marbles in 1830, nine years after becoming a nation - a request rejected as of now.
OpLY TIL While watching online porn a guy discovered that his adopted cousin from age 8, Jessica, a girl his parents once tried to adopt after his aunt got sick is now pornstar Lexi Belle. He contacted her, she replied and now they continue to have a relationship
5dPp TIL Frank Zappa was invited to perform in Live Aid concert (to raise funds for relief of the Ethiopian famine) but he refused, calling the event “the biggest cocaine money laundering scheme of all time.”
dDgK9 TIL that Bishop John Atherton, executed in Dublin in 1640 for "the vice of buggery” in a law he had helped to create, was later said to haunt the house of the lawyer who accused him - the man reportedly went mad, claiming to see the bishop’s ghost everywhere.