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TIL about Nigel, the “World's loneliest bird' who fell in love with a concrete replica and died beside it.

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grO4A TIL of Rita Crundwell, who embezzled $54 million as Comptroller of Dixon, IL (pop. 15,000). This was about 30% of the city's funding for 22 years. She served less than 9 years in prison and is now living on an 80-acre ranch that was likely bought with her ill-gotten gains.
jNJGp TIL: After Pearl Harbor, all U.S. currency in Hawaii was replaced with specially marked bills in case the Japanese seized the island.
Y7GaA TIL that the beehive hairstyle was also called the B-52 for its resemblance to the Boeing B-52 bomber’s nose. And the band the B-52’s chose that name because two of its members wore that hairstyle (Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson).
wL6d6 TIL: Pigeons can't walk without bobbing their heads
NVJe TIL The writers of Parks & Rec wrote in Ron Swanson’s alter-ego as Duke Silver before they even knew Nick Offerman was an accomplished saxophonist.