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TIL eating poppyseed can affect your drug test and make it positive!

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4XX TIL A 16 year old Morocan girl committed suicide after a judge forced her to marry the man who raped her. It was to perserve the honor of her family and for the rapist to avoid prosecution (10-20 years).
0wV0p TIL the oldest known bird in the world was a sulphur-crested cockatoo called Cocky Bennett, who lived to 120. He could even recall phrases such as "one feather more and I'll fly" and "one at a time, gentlemen, please".
OojM6 TIL a Nuclear Ballistic Missile was almost launched from McConnell Air Force Base in 1980 because a technician loaded the wrong data into a computer. The crew was able to avoid the launch after switching off the main power to the building.
VMlA0 TIL John D. Rockefeller, although he was the richest man in the world, occasionally served as janitor at his church
rNBL1 TIL success of June 6th D-Day 80 years ago, was the result of year-long elaborate deception of disinformation, decoy, and dummies. That included rubber tanks, inflatable trucks, canvas fleet, & parachuting dummy dolls. Also a phantom army, a fictitious network of spies, & fake radio traffic.