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TIL that a new species of bird was discovered in 1894 by David Lyall, but his pet cat Tibbles killed them off

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mgAP TIL a World’s Biggest Liar is an annual competition for telling lies, held in Cumbria, England. Politicians and lawyers are not allowed to enter the competition, because “they are judged to be too skilled at telling porkies”.
k7x5 TIL a dentist in the US Army during World War II was shot 24 times while defending an aid station from the Japanese. Although he killed up to 98 attackers, allowing the wounded to be evacuated, his Medal of Honor was delayed because medical officers were not supposed to bear arms against the enemy.
nWkXB TIL that the man who physically wrote the Constitution, Gouverneur Morris, died because of an infection of a wound that he sustained while using a piece of whale baleen as a catheter in an attempt to clear a blockage in his urinary tract.
5VOyQ TIL Research shows that parents' education level has a significant impact on their children's success
gLAD TIL Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan Kenobi) converted to Catholicism after playing a Catholic priest in a film. While filming Father Brown in Burgundy in 1954, Guinness was in costume as a Catholic priest, and was mistaken for a real priest by a local child. He converted in 1956.