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TIL that ostriches are sexually aroused by humans.

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1ppX TIL Daft Punk were admitted into the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and were individually awarded the rank of Chevalier, or knight.
yQpBe TIL After Ford left the White House in 1977, he privately justified his pardon of Nixon by carrying in his wallet a portion of the text of Burdick v. United States, a Supreme Court decision which states that a pardon carries an imputation of guilt and that acceptance carries a confession of guilt.
jM0R TIL that the Japanese bombed Oregon in 1942 by ferrying a plane underwater via submarine to the U.S. coast. The plane launched from the sub to drop incendiary bombs on Mount Emily, becoming the first ever bombing of the continental U.S.
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