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TIL that pigeons got awarded medals for their service in WW2

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9wOlX TIL about Vermis, a guide for a video game that doesn't exist. Inspired by old dungeon crawlers and the Dark Souls games, the art book is "a pure act of world-building."
99mQ TIL the Hawaiian Pizza was invented in Canada, and is the most popular pizza in Australia, accounting for 15% of pizza sales.
wLnno TIL a study by the University of Oxford shows there's no link between violent video games and aggression in teens. Compared to previous research which relied on self-reported data from teens, this study used info from parents to judge the level of aggressive behavior in their children.
Y7yAZ TIL about the Lyrebird, a bird specie local to South Australia. It can mimic at least 20 different bird species. a baby crying, a chainsaw, camera flicker, a car alarm, a fire alarm, gun shots to even laser beam sound effects and many more.
mNMo TIL that Tim Horton, founder of…well, Tim Horton’s, died because of a car accident while he was drunk and on barbiturates and being chased by the police.