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TIL that Parrots aren’t the only birds that can talk (imitate human speech). Mynah birds, Crows and Ravens have been known to do so as well

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lear TIL that it’s such a stigma to adopt children in South Korea women are recommended to wear a maternity pillow to appear pregnant until the adoption is finalized
78DVb TIL how horrific the 1918 global flu pandemic was, lasting just 15 months but killing 50 to 100 million people worldwide. Many would die within hours. Horrible symptoms, not just aches & cyanosis but also a foamy blood coughed up from the lungs, & bleeding from the nose, ears & even eyes.
P1Y6e TIL that resistance laundresses used super itching powder on German underwear and uniforms developed by the British SOE.
bpK4 TIL In 1916 a US amendment was proposed that called for wars to be put into a national vote, those who voted yes would be required to enlist in the army.
oBGjR TIL ATM PIN numbers were originally supposed to be 6 digits, but the creator reduced them to 4 as his wife said she wouldn't be able to remember that many