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TIL Thomas Jefferson was instrumental in bringing Macaroni And Cheese to the United States after encountering it in Paris. The dish was prepared by James Hemings, a classically trained French chef enslaved by Jefferson.

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l771V TIL the Torrent duck lives on fast-flowing mountain rivers and whitewater rapids. The ducks nest in rocky coves next to the waterfalls, and the, very buoyant, ducklings quickly figure out to avoid flowing downstream by resting in the eddies in front of boulders.
KOnQ6 TIL of the United States Army Pigeon Service whose pigeons were trained for communication and reconnaissance purposes during WWII. During the war, the force consisted of 54,000 war pigeons and over 90% of their messages were received successfully (with some earning medals for saving Allied lives).
vPONK TIL actor Leslie Nielsen used to bring a fart machine to his interviews
KO75G TIL that Mexican Singer Chalino Sánchez killed his sister’s abuser, fled to LA, and became famous. At one of his performances, he was handed a death threat, and was murdered shortly after.
Y7yBv TIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there.