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TIL, five parrots at a wildlife park have been removed from public display after they started swearing at visitors.

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xVbD1 TIL the potato was popularized in France largely by one man who placed guards around his potato field and instructed them to "accept any and all bribes from civilians".
5VmEp TIL “Corpus Delicti” is the principle that a crime must be proved to have occurred before a person can be convicted of committing that crime.
PYl1O TIL the Salvation Army is a religious organization and not just a charity
xRN7 TIL that Winston Churchill’s last words were “Oh, I’m so bored with it all.”
XpBj TIL that Arm & Hammer, the baking soda company, was purchased by Armand Hammer, a business tycoon, who was named after the symbol for the Socialist Labor Party of America - an Arm and Hammer.