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TIL: AN Irish Army once invaded Canada

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jN51v TIL about the only woman name to appear on the Declaration of Independence, Mary Katherine Goddard. She was the second printer of the Declaration of Independence and was the first to include the names of the signatories. She was also removed from her Postmaster position because she was a woman.
E1yaw TIL that during the chrysalis faze of metamorphosis, a caterpillar digests itself by releasing enzymes that break down all of its tissues. Specialized groups of cells survive the process and use the protein-rich soup to build the adult body parts of the butterfly.
AN9L4 TIL Hawaiian slack-key guitar tunings were once guarded fiercely and passed down as family secrets.
yQ1ml TIL that a minority of people use two spaces after a period and that one space has been endorsed by the Chicago Manual of Style
NX508 TIL of Robert Stroud, the 'Birdman of Alcatraz,' who became a renowned ornithologist and published books on bird diseased while serving a life sentence for murder at one of the world's most infamous prisons.