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TIL: In 1970 pet parrots escaped or were released in Chicago and are thriving in Hyde Park. Thousands were imported from South America in the 50 and 60's.

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b6l04 TIL One of the first victims of the Nazis was Dora Ritcher, a transwoman who was the first to through male to female gender reassignment surgery
kJdY1 TIL that antisemitic violence continued in Poland after WW2, with the Kielce Pogrom taking place on July 4th 1946, and resulting in 42 Jews being killed and 40 wounded
7Omx TIL Kirby was named after the Lawyer that saved Nintendo from a lawsuit against Universal Studios in 1984
GYkOG TIL that the term "counting sheep" probably originated when early sheep herders couldn't get to sleep at night because they were worried about all of the sheep in their field. So they'd soothe themselves by counting the herd up to make sure they were all there.
womm6 TIL there is a massive abandoned underground Airbase in Croatia