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TIL That the London Tower uses ravens to “prevent disaster” and that these birds are technically military members and can be dishonorably discharged!

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lAVB TIL That after The Sopranos episode in which ‘Ralph ie Cifaretto’ brutally murders his dancer girlfriend outside a club, more women began to flirt with the actor in real life (per actor Joe Pantoliano, “It was very telling…” :| ).
ZpZov TIL that the hands of former Argentine president Juan Perón were stolen from his tomb in 1987 and are still missing
WvYY TIL that the butt on the album cover of Get Lucky by Loverboy belongs to the 13 year old daughter of the photographer.
EgYgo TIL that Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry has bred nearly 8,000 chicks annually (around 20 a day) as part of a Chicken Hatchery exhibit since 1956. The chicks are kept on exhibit for Museum Visitors to view for a week. After that, most are fed to animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo.
Bgb6k TIL Magdalen College in Oxford is pronounced 'maudlin' because that's how Mary Magdalene was said in the 1400s, and the art style depicting Mary as sad and sorrowful is the roof of the word 'maudlin'