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TIL A soccer player faked a 20 year career without playing soccer.

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dD51E TIL JFK was one of the first presidents to pardon a turkey for Thanksgiving on Nov 19, 1963. The 55lb bird out lived the president as Kennedy was assassinated just 3 days later on Nov. 22nd.
XxjX TIL that the first automobile used in a war was a steam car. The British preferred it because they could tap the boiler to brew a cup of tea.
wLB6P TIL a staggering number of wild bee species are unaccounted for. Researchers looking at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility found there were about 25% less bee species reported between 2006 and 2015 compared to the 1990s
APx4 TIL that The Dark Knight was the first Batman movie to not have the word Batman in the title and also to not have any bats throughout the film
GYGZ4 TIL that the X-100, the car JFK was killed while riding in, was not retired after his assassination. The X-100 was cleaned up and rebuilt with additional safety features, and wasn't taken out of service until 1977. Johnson, Ford, Nixon, and Carter all rode in the car too.