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TIL that Baked Beans actually originated from the United States

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KOnQ6 TIL of the United States Army Pigeon Service whose pigeons were trained for communication and reconnaissance purposes during WWII. During the war, the force consisted of 54,000 war pigeons and over 90% of their messages were received successfully (with some earning medals for saving Allied lives).
7j4P TIL of Deep Thunder, a weather prediction system created by IBM and processed by Watson. Deep Thunder can accurately predict weather down to a .2 mile (one city block) radius using data it collects from smartphone barometers.
WkkY4 TIL that once or twice a week, employees at the Israeli airport collect “lost” balloons from the arrivals hall and take them to childrens’ hospitals around the country.
KYKrR TIL that the largest destination for slaves during the Transatlantic Slave Trade was Brazil, with 38% of the roughly 10 million slaves trafficked being sent there.
woo11 TIL that Jamaica is the only national flag without the colors red, white or blue.