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TIL paleontologists have found 55-million-year old fossil remains of parrots in Scandinavia

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oaGR TIL dogs can’t recognize themselves in mirrors. They see it as another dog instead
ekDk TIL that during WWII, the Gestapo’s most wanted person was New Zealand born Allied agent Nancy Wake. Among her numerous exploits, she killed an SS soldier with her bare hands, to prevent him from raising the alarm during an undercover raid.
jxVR TIL that the fastest road in USA is in Austin, Texas. It has a speed limit of 85 mph.
r171 TIL when elected President of the United States, George Washington was the owner and operator the largest whiskey distillery in the country
nenOo TIL in 1913 John Rockefeller owned 2% of the US GDP, an amount that today would be worth over $409 billion and make him 3 times richer than Jeff Bezos