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TIL Chickens can Fly

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x6ERB TIL the mayflower ship is believed to have been scrapped for timber and assembled into a barn in Buckinghamshire, England
P1NlE TIL Harry Truman seriously considered running for a third consecutive presidential term in 1952. He was exempt from the 22nd amendment limiting every president to two terms because of a grandfather clause. However, a dismal loss in the New Hampshire primary convinced him not to.
XEkdj TIL that 'Eigengrau' is the name of the gray color humans see in the absence of light
PYKNE TIL Edgar Allen Poe once wrote a love letter to the dash, a form of punctuation he felt was unfairly demonized.
jNWkX TIL about Grise Fiord. Canada's most northern Town. The forced relocation of 8 indigenous families by the Canadian government established the town in 1953 to claim sovereignty. Survivors of the families were awarded 10 million dollars and a formal apology in 2010