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TIL Benjamin Franklin Wanted the National Bird To Be A Turkey

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Z8PXY TIL - Tony Hawk Performed 50 Tricks in Celebration of Turning 50. The 50 tricks were among the 100+ tricks that he created since he started skating in '77.
QJD0X TIL that British longbows in the 1600's netted much longer firing ranges than the contemporary Native American Powhaten tribe's bows (400 yds vs. 120 yds, respectively). Colonists from Jamestown once turned away additional longbows for fear that they might fall into the Powhaten's hands.
oRWAr TIL that from 2002 until 2012, Papua New Guinea's national parliament only had one female legislator, an Australian-born white woman named Carol Kidu.
69lxJ TIL there was a town named Whizbang in the USA. Local civil leaders considered the name "undignified", so the post office calls it "Denoya" instead.
kOd14 TIL when being eaten or harmed, grass will release a chemical distress signal. This attracts parasitic wasps to lay eggs in the insect eating the grass. This chemical is actually what makes up the 'freshly cut grass smell' (Updated post, I messed up the last one)