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TIL Churchill, Manitoba has a Polar Bear Jail

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nelR9 TIL Johnny Cash took only three voice lessons in his childhood before his teacher, enthralled with Cash's unique singing style, advised him to stop taking lessons and to never deviate from his natural voice.
b9Z8Z TIL that certain male birds of paradise have “superblack” feathers that absorb as much as 99.95% of light
6EQlQ TIL of The Barnum Effect: a common psychological phenomenon where people give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that seem tailored to them but are, in fact, vague and general enough to apply to a wide range of people. See astrology, fortune telling etc.
LkdpP TIL about Queen Soraya of Afghanistan who fought hard to improve the rights of women in the 1920's. She was also the minister of education for Afghanistan and the first Muslim consort to appear in public with her husband. In 1929 her husband was deposed and all their reforms were undone.
BEjL TIL that a 6 year old Teddy Roosevelt watched Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession.