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TIL During WW2, twenty five soldiers were killed and another seventy one injured when an RAF pilot mistakenly strafed a crowd observing a military demonstration.

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P1YvO TIL The White House was painted with white lead paint in 1818
JY181 Did you wake up today with a craving for clay, or dirt? That’s called pica, an abnormal craving for substances other than typical food. If you went ahead and acted on your impulse, it's probably a good idea to head over to your doctor’s office. Research indicates that in most cases this craving is a result of a mineral or vitamin deficiency. This brings us to this week’s Today I Learned, as National Geographic Society grantee and ornithologist Luke Powell explains why macaws regularly munch on South American rain forest clay. Yummy! All animals (including humans) need salt to live. Animals that live in the Amazon rain forest face a curious predicament due to the way the Andes mountain range affects weather coming from the Pacific Ocean. This geography results in an extreme lack of salt in the Amazon and, consequentially, some unique behaviors and appetites.EDITOR: Laurence AlexanderSERIES PRODUCER: Chris Mattle
Pr5n TIL: The UN Security Council in New York displays a copy of one of the first recorded peace treaties, the Egyptian-Hittite Treaty
gaK4 TIL the ‘tattoo gun’ that artists commonly use today was originally a pen that could write through multiple pieces of paper invented by Thomas Edison in 1876. It was modified in 1891 for use with tattooing.
rNByw TIL that Nike's meeting went horribly wrong when one of their representatives mispronounced Curry's name, calling him "Steph-on" instead of "Steph-en." Even worse, a repurposed PowerPoint slide displayed Kevin Durant's name and lost Stephen Curry to Under Armour