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TIL when Australian cricketer and RAAF pilot Keith Miller was asked by Michael Parkinson, about pressure in cricket, Miller responded “Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse, playing cricket is not”.

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R5lB9 TIL about the Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty, which is the oldest recorded peace treaty in history (c.1259 BCE). In this treaty, both parties agreed to end their war, form an alliance in the event of foreign or domestic aggression, and to the extradition of rebels, fugitives, and political refugees.
Aeen TIL There is a vault in the arctic that stores over 860k different varieties of food crop seeds as an insurance policy for the world’s food supply
rKbd TIL The color of a hens earlobes will usually determine the color of the egg shell. Farmers know hens with red or darker colored earlobes are most likely to lay brown eggs and hens with lighter colored or white earlobes will usually lay white eggs.
jNDXa TIL Disney employs the use of sentinel chickens to determine if the mosquito population in the area is carrying any diseases
KONLw TIL that Canada's post-WWII baby boom began about 3 years after the birthrate rose in the U.S., because Canadian soldiers returned home later.