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TIL Puck, a male budgie, holds the world record for the largest vocabulary of any bird, at 1,728 words

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VBRAZ TIL of the "Dukling" - the last of Hong Kong's original junks (east asian sailing vessel that uses bamboo battens to reinforce its sails, giving it a rib like appearance), still sails
dD4vB TIL that the father of Stewart Copeland, a founding member of rock band The Police, was one of the founders of the US Central Intelligence Agency, Miles Copeland Jr.
BwXy TIL the U.S. State Department recognizes competitive gaming as a professional sport, meaning people can come to the US on work visas to play video games.
N7ZwE TIL: Black US troops were welcome in Britain in WW2, but the US military's attempt to initiate segregation led to a shootout.
EgPDX TIL Benjamin Franklin had proposed a phonetic alphabet for spelling reform of the English language. He wanted to omit the letters c, j, q, w, x, and y, as he had found them redundant.