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TIL There is a city in the U.K that had a problem with "street drinkers" eating it's pigeons.

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e8p4 TIL at the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
LQXXm TIL In 1968 the Swiss army accidentally fired 5 mortar shells into Liechtenstein hitting their only ski resort. Liechtenstein authorities said no one was hurt and they would "only mildly" protest
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