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TIL that a pet bird once helped solve a murder.

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0dAjM TIL as an 18 month old infant, Muhammad Ali knocked off his mother’s tooth
p89Y8 TIL that between 1999 and 2008, 834 people died in Laos from American bombs left unexploded after the Vietnam War.
e555 TIL: The name for Seattle’s “South Lake Union Trolley - the S.L.U.T.” was changed when officials belatedly realized the acronym.
GYdl5 TIL that fruit punch was invented as an alternative to beer by men working for the British East India Company. This is because the beer on their ships went bad when they reached the Indian Ocean. They ended up using rum, fruit, and spices available in their new location to create punch.
6AYQ TIL Matthew Broderick (who played Ferris Bueller and voiced Simba) killed two people and only paid a fine of $175