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TIL That U.S President John F. Kennedy read 600 words per minute, more than double the speed of an average person

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j6ymM TIL that Cher Ami, a pigeon, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for her brave service in World War I. Despite being shot, blind in one eye, and severely injured, he successfully delivered an S.O.S. message for an encircled battalion.
rNnw0 TIL that the bird we call “turkey” in English is named "Hindi" in Turkey and "Peru" in portuguese.
neaNP TIL about ablaut reduplication, which is an interesting and necessary rule in the english language that most people are unaware of. This rule pertains to the order in which we say repeated words with changing vowels. E.g saying ding-dong sounds completely normal whereas dong-ding sounds insane.
a8MAA TIL about English as She Is Spoke. Intended as a Portuguese-English translation guide, the author actually had no grasp of English. For help he used a Portuguese-French guide and then a French-English one. The resulting book is a hilarious trainwreck
VoB TIL that over long periods of time, couples literally develop similar facial features.