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TIL birds are immune to hot peppers.

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9wgy6 TIL that from 1794-1796, King George III was king of the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom, which was captured during the French Revolutionary Wars and had a democratic constitution and elected parliament
JQk TIL George S. Patton participated in the first ever modern pentathlon Summer 1912 Olympics. In the pistol shooting competition, controversy came about because he said the holes in the paper were so big he shot through the some spot twice. It was credited as a miss.
lrPr TIL Vikings sailed with cats to keep rodent problem in check on the ships, this is believed to have caused the second wave of cat expansion around the world
woV58 TIL Andromachi Papanicolaou, the wife of the man who invented the Pap smear volunteered to have her cervix sampled every day for 21 years to help with his research. Their findings went on to save the lives of millions of women by preventing the development of cervical cancer through early detection.
j6Naj TIL about "Aunt Sammy," Uncle Sam's wife. Created in the 1920s by the US Dept of Agriculture as a radio show for farm wives, she would "gossip" about social activities & gardening, answer questions, and provide recipes. Local women voiced Aunt Sammy so their accents matched the broadcast areas.