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TIL about the Birmingham Rollers Pigeons - approx. 1,500 in LA, mostly areas with gang violence, that train pigeons to somersault mid-air!

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jEWR TIL that Europeans traditionally swam the breaststroke, while Native Americans swam the front crawl. When two Native Americans won an 1844 swimming competition in England, newspapers criticized their barbaric, “un-European” form. Europeans refused to use the faster front crawl for decades.
oRwY7 TIL the show the adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 1952-1966 has the most episodes of any live action sitcom ever 435
wLbO6 TIL Washington set the two-term President tradition. He declined a 3rd term because "The line between Parties” had become “so clearly drawn” that politicians “regard neither truth nor decency; attacking every character without respect to persons who happen to differ from themselves in Politics."
AoAl TIL in California if you order a cold Subway sandwich “to go” then its non taxed. Order it “for here” and the sandwich is taxed.
k0d TIL that Adolf Hitler wrote a letter from jail begging a Mercedez-Benz dealership for a car loan. The letter was found at a flea market.