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TIL The last Great Auk in Britain was accused of witchcraft, and killed by superstitious sailors for conjuring storms. So now we have no more Northern Witch Penguins.

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4xP5 TIL that George Washington and the Marquis of Lafayette were so close that they were like father and son. The relationship between the childless American and fatherless Frenchman was vital for the American Revolution. Lafayette named a son George Washington Lafayette.
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