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TIL that birds can actually see the earth’s magnetic field and use it like the head’s-up display in airplanes

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R7Ln4 TIL that on December the 27th 1973, the IRA kidnapped and murdered the West German consul to Northern Ireland Thomas Niedermayer. His wife, two daughters and son-in-law subsequently committed suicide
wrX8 TIL when the Beatles wrote the song “With a Little Help from My Friends”, the first line ended with ‘What would you think if I sang out of tune? Would You Throw Ripe Tomatoes at Me?’, but Ringo changed it so that fans would not throw tomatoes at him should he perform it live.
NX0Kb TIL that there exists a script developed for women by the women called Nushu. The script was invented in China for women to communicate in privacy
79ep TIL That the Nazi’s invented the Olympic Torch Relay. It was so successful, that the IOC adopted it ever since.
W7ZWd TIL of The People's Olympiad, which was a planned alternate Olympics backed by the USSR and communist and socialist organizations, which were to be held to protest the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. It ultimately never happened because the Spanish Civil War started on the same day as the Opening Ceremony.