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TIL that 'pigeons' are domesticated rock doves

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WyeN TIL there is 30-year-old Brazilian woman who has the mind and body of a 9-month-old
e0jJ TIL that when Gerber began to sell their baby food in Africa, they had to remove the image of a baby from the labels, since many horrified, illiterate Africans used these images to find what the bottles contained.
mMNo TIL that Paul McCartney is the only artist to reach the top of the UK charts as a solo artist, duo, trio, quartet, quintet, and musical ensemble.
vPGG8 TIL about the Brazen bull a torture device used in Ancient Greece. The condemned were locked inside the stomach, a fire was set under it, heating the metal until the person inside was roasted to death, pipes would transfer the screams through the bull's nostrils, as if the bull was bellowing.
mZrY TIL that in 2006, teenage fans of a popular Portuguese soap opera began experiencing the physical symptoms of a fictional disease that was introduced to the characters on the show. The “outbreak” spread to over 300 people. It is considered an example of mass hysteria.