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TIL Mile Tyson raises pigeons

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EgKNV TIL that in the 1970s, the manager of Japan's first KFC restaurant promoted fried chicken "party barrels" as a Christmas meal intended to replace the traditional American turkey dinner. Since then, eating KFC food as a Christmas meal has become a widely practiced custom in Japan.
nLJo TIL That Detective John St. John (Jigsaw John), the man who caught William Bonin, The Freeway Killer, got a confession out of him by writing a fake letter from one of the victims’ mothers begging him to tell her what he did with her son.
woADP TIL that Beluga Whales can mimic the pattern of human speech. One captive beluga, after overhearing divers using an underwater communication system, caused one of the divers to surface by imitating their order to get out of the water.
ZlgD TIL the steel used in the US to make structural beams, plates and reinforcing bars is nearly 100% recycled. Employing 1 metric ton (1000kgs) of recycled steel saves the need for the extraction and use of 1.1 metric tons of iron ore, 630 kilograms of coal, and 55 kilograms of limestone.
QBWp TIL A study showed that children whose parents placed the children’s pacifiers in their own mouths before giving it to the child were less likely to develop allergies like eczema and asthma later in life.