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TIL in 1997, Pradyumna K. Mahanandia, a poor Indian artist, rode a second-hand bicycle for 4months and 3weeks from india to Gothenburg Sweden to meet his love Charlotte Von Schedvin. He rode his bicycle because he couldn't afford an airplane ticket. They are married now with two kids

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7rGdL TIL apes never ask questions. Apes are able to learn sign language and even communicate using it, apes have never attempted to learn new knowledge by asking humans or other apes. Apes can't realize that others can know things they don't. It's a concept that separates humans from apes.
WkPDA TIL Bill Cosby in 1969 was given a “Man of the Year” award in which in his acceptance speech the comedian "proposed changing the name of the annual honor" to "the nice guy as far as we know" award.
Y7JVP TIL Space Center Houston offers Astronaut Days where visitors can meet an astronaut, train like an astronaut, have breakfast with an astronaut. There is also the “All-American Meal,” modeled after the meal served on also S-135, the final shuttle mission
R5wr6 TIL that the passenger pigeon was once the most numerous bird on Earth, numbering around 3-5 billion. They were so abundant that 30,000 birds had to be killed to claim the prize in a hunting competition. However, due to widespread hunting and deforestation, they became completely extinct by 1914
OG554 TIL about Mercy dog’s. In WWI and later wars, these dogs were trained to give aid or comfort dying soldiers on battlefields after confrontations.