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TIL There is a Sasquatch Park in British Columbia, as the legendary Bigfoot is said to have roamed the area

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nWBpb TIL messenger pigeons only fly home to where they were born and pampered. To keep them loyal, they were isolated in cages while traveling. Releasing them with a message meant they'd rush back to their luxury life. They acted as a speedy, one-way messaging service.
X0dP TIL that every time he stays in a hotel with a bible in the bedside table, Ian McKellen rips out the page containing a quote from Leviticus that is against homosexuality.
Z80Ko TIL there are more than 5000 companies worldwide that are older than 200 years. More than 3000 of them are located in Japan and the oldest company in the world was Kongō Gumi, a construction company in Japan, which had its origin traced back to 578 AD. It was liquidated in 2006.
D1nWV TIL plaid is not meant to describe a pattern, it was an article of clothing (blanket draped over shoulder), the pattern is named tartan.
9wVN6 TIL about the Levon Affair, a false flag operation in Egypt committed by Israeli intelligence. The bombings were to be blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood. Incriminating evidence was found in the apartment of one of the agents whose bomb prematurely ignited.