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TIL six of the worlds eight poisonous birds are found in New Guinea suspected to be due to an abundance of the toxic Choresine Beetle

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Wk5G8 TIL in 1941 the President of Haiti declared war on Japan, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. Only Romania bothered to declare war on Haiti in return.
8adEX TIL, The Netherlands gives Canada 20,000 tulips every year as a thank you for protecting the Dutch royal family in ww2
01Bv TIL that creatine, the muscle building supplement, was found in a double-blind experiment to significantly increase cognitive function among vegans and vegetarians.
VBvwZ TIL that astronaut Owen Garriott pulled off an epic prank during Skylab 3. He smuggled a tape recording of his wife’s voice onboard and later played it to Mission Control, making them think she had somehow visited the space station to deliver home-cooked food.
WkXQL TIL that 17th century pirate Laurens de Graaf married a woman after she threatened to shoot him for insulting her. She had challenged him to a duel to avenge her dead husband. When he drew his sword, she drew her gun. Laurens said he couldn’t fight a woman and proposed to her out of admiration.