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TIL that the Dutch national motto is in French.

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oBByA TIL that Tiger Wood's real first name is Eldrick and was given the nickname "Tiger" after a Vietnamese soldier and friend of his father’s.
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GY5VG TIL in 2009, three New Zealand blue ducks - two males and a female - were kept in a breeding program in England. However, the program was derailed (despite the efforts of the breeders and even the female duck) when the two male ducks hooked up with each other instead of with the female.
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