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JYLPQ TIL although Benjamin Franklin never tried to get the turkey as the national bird, he did think eagles were bad moral creatures and that turkeys were much more respectable.
45w5 TIL Winfield Scott served in the War of 1812, and the Civil War. Roughly equivalent to someone serving in both WWI and Vietnam.
b6mK9 TIL Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, a French entomologist, living in Medford, Mass. in the late 1800s, decided to create a cross-breed of caterpillars from native North American moths and European caterpillars Lymantria dispar, in order to start a competitive silk industry. (rest of the story in comment)
a8jpJ TIL when a pope dies, the cardinal camerlengo confirms the death by gently tapping the pope's head thrice with a silver hammer, calling his birth name each time. He then retrieves the Ring of the Fisherman and cuts it in two. The pope's seals are defaced, and his personal apartment is sealed.
Z859p TIL Princess Anne of Kiev became the Queen of France in 1051 A.C.. By naming her first son and future King of France Philip, she is credited with introducing this Greek name (Philippos, from Philos and hippos, meaning "loves horses") to royal families of Western Europe