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TIL that "V" is the only letter in English that is never silent,

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j0Aj TIL about Charlie, a Blue Macaw, who is still alive after 117 years. Charlie first hatched in 1899, and is the oldest of its kind to ever be recorded. The bird can be heard screeching anti-Nazi propaganda at his current home at a garden center in England.
oRM48 TIL; parfum(perfume) and cologne is not gendered, but a measure of the concentration of parfum oil.
WkWn8 TIL that when you donate blood you lose about 650 calories, equivalent to about one hour of cardio.
yQNGX TIL that during World War II, Disney made animated films for every branch of the U.S. military and government. 90% of Disney employees were devoted to producing the animations. One film had Donald Duck in an nightmare were he worked in a Nazi artillery factory, and ate in very small rations.
GlJG TIL In 1943 a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers’ coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised “Irish Coffee,” creating the now-famous cocktail.