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TIL Queen Elizabeth II was certified truck mechanic

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loAjG TIL about the blackpoll warbler, a 5-inch-long bird that weighs about as much as a ballpoint pen. In their fall migration they take off from the northeastern US and don't stop flying until they reach South America- 72 to 88 hours and 1900 miles of nonstop flight over the Atlantic Ocean is involved.
ep66D TIL Luis "The Beast" Garavita, the world's most prolific serial killer, was sentenced to 1853 years in prison for the deaths of 193 children in Colombia, but his sentence was reduced to 22 years after he helped the police find many of the victims' bodies. He becomes eligible for parole this year.
O1O1 TIL it was cheaper to hire an Irishman than a donkey in the Pennsylvania coal mining days of the 1800s. That’s where the insult Donkey to the Irish came from
rRr1M TIL that Sheila Chandra who sings Braith of Life (a.k.a The Grace of Valar) from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers suffered from the burning mouth syndrome (BMS) starting 2010 and has been since been rendered effectively mute.
NPrJ TIL Ronald Reagan won less than 60% of the popular vote in the 1984 general election despite winning nearly 98% of the electoral vote