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TIL that Crystal Lake, Iowa is home of the worlds largest Bullhead Statue.

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D1l5Y TIL Contract killings made up 5% of all murders in Scotland from 1993 to 2002
o16Y TIL Canada was almost called “The Kingdom of Canada” but it was rejected by the British government who feared it would offend the Americans.
b70 TIL the crew of the Mayflower II cast a message in a bottle overboard in 1957 that was signed by all of them, including Felix the kitten, with promise of reward. No one knew the whereabouts of the message until it was found at a flea market earlier this year.
kOxm7 TIL about Patton's Prayer. During The Battle of the Bulge, clear weather was desperately needed to advance. He asked a chaplain to write him a suitable prayer. The chaplain complied, and the ensuing prayer was handed out to the troops. The weather cleared, and Patton gave the chaplain a Bronze Star.
pY7ZG TIL that in 1902, the city of Saint-Pierre in Martinique had a population of 28,000. After a volcanic eruption engulfed the city in a pyroclastic flow in April of that year, only 3 survived.