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TIL about a cheeky species of New Zealand parrot that required their own special playground be made to keep them from messing with traffic

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VMYb4 TIL the United States Department of Justice has filed a forfeiture complaint in federal court to seize the rights to the movies “Dumb and Dumber To” and “Daddy’s Home,” on the grounds that the movies were financed using money stolen from a Malaysian government investment fund.
0LNA TIL that the German Blitzkrieg on France in 1940 was fueled in large part by crystal meth. A patented pill form of the drug called Pervitin enabled German soldiers to fight for days at a time without sleeping.
8ora TIL McDonald’s “Super Sizing” started as a Jurassic Park merchandising tie-in.
D1pmj TIL that Theodore Roosevelt Jr., the son of the famous president, was the only General to land in the first wave of the D-Day landings, despite having a heart condition that forced him to walk with a cane. He succumbed to a heart attack a month later, and was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor.
oaWE TIL that an eight day long riot occurred in 1922 because people were wearing “summer hats” past the socially decided date of summer