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TIL Mike Tyson became a boxer because a bully killed his pigeon.

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jNMwE TIL flipping someone off dates back to before recorded history. The first written record of it's use was in a Greek play call "The Clouds", where a student gives Socrates the finger in response to a question about basic poem structure.
M1lm TIL in 1967 the Prime Minister of Australia mysteriously disappeared while swimming. He was pronounced dead 2 days later but no body has ever been found.
d8JXr TIL that July 17 is National Yellow Pig Day, which is a celebration of the number 17, but also involves a yellow pig with 17 eyelashes, toes, teeth, etc.
WZ7B TIL Petrichor is the name given to that earthy smell that accompanies rainfall.
oxY8 TIL that Iran has executed 4,000 people for being homosexual in the last 35 years, but also provides state funds for sex-change operations so that transsexuals can enter heterosexual relationships.