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TIL there was an attempt to make a pigeon-guided missile in WW2

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dDlNj TIL that Grigori Perelman, the only mathematician to have solved a millenium prize problem, declined the US $1 million prize because it was not also offered to Richard S. Hamilton, upon whose work Perelman built.
a88oM TIL living next to a landfill greatly increases your risk of developing all kinds of health issues including tuberculosis
0LKy TIL After the Amish schoolhouse shooting by Charles Roberts in 2006, members of the Amish community attended the shooter’s funeral in a show of forgiveness.
epxm4 TIL that the song Do Re Mi from The Sound of Music is in the key of B flat major, not C major, and that Do doesn’t necessarily mean C.
lmwN TIL in 2010 rapper G. Dep turned himself into police and confessed to a 17 year old cold case murder, even though he was never suspected. He was “just trying to get things right between himself and God.” He was convicted on a second-degree murder charge and sentenced to 15-years to life in prison.