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TIL that the songwriters responsible for "Afternoon Delight" also co-wrote "Take Me Home, Country Roads" with John Denver.

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owg8 TIL that Nikola Tesla used to feed pigeons, bringing injured ones into his hotel room to nurse back to health and one time spending over $2,000 to fix a pigeon’s broken wing and leg, including building a device that comfortably supported her, so her bones could heal.
Awgo TIL The only known armed German military operation on North American soil in WW2 was the installation of a covert weather station in northern Canada. It was not discovered until 1977.
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