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TIL that Country Music legend Tex Ritter is the father of John Ritter

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yQxKw TIL there’s no scientific difference between pigeons and doves — the difference boils down to linguistic traditions.
R7GM1 TIL that after sex, female armadillos can delay the implantation of the fertilized egg, choosing at will when to actually become pregnant.
rNGdy TIL in 1907, passengers arriving at Ellis Island had to pass a medical exam to enter the US. Doctors used a secret code to mark passenger's clothes with chalk: 'H' indicated heart trouble suspected; 'L' suspected lameness, and 'X' suspected feeble-mindedness.
rReyM TIL at the Battle of Megiddo, General Allenby won one of the most decisive victories during WWI against the Ottoman Empire. He attacked through the narrow Musmus Pass, a risky tactic he had learned from reading about Egyptian Pharao Thutmose III during the Battle of Megiddo in the 15th century BCE