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TIL “Ped Xing” is not Chinese, but actually short for “Pedestrian Crossing”

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1bMD TIL the call of the American bald eagle frequently heard in movies actually belongs to the red-tailed hawk.
jNlPp TIL Susan Travers, the only woman ever to serve in the French Foreign Legion, waited until she was 91 to write her autobiography so everyone mentioned had already died
R5mYa TIL: Diamond engagement rings aren’t an old tradition—they were invented by marketers. In 1938, the diamond company De Beers hired an ad agency to convince people diamonds = love. They launched “A Diamond Is Forever”—a slogan that took off, even though diamonds aren’t rare and are hard to resell.
dDxyB TIL Beaver Moon: Full Moon in November 2023
v1754 TIL The actor who used to play Gaston at Disney World killed himself accidentally by attempting to shoot fireworks off of his head.