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TIL that Robert Franklin Stroud, was a convicted murderer in solitary confinement. While there, he raised a collection of 300canaries & published his research on avian pathology,which was useful in finding a cure for diseases affecting farmed birds; earning himself the nickname "Birdman of Alcatraz"

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9Y1A6 TIL China invested $350 million in a new four-lane bridge crossing the Yalu River from Dandong to the North Korean city of Sinuiju. Dandong wants more trade and investment with North Korea, seeing the benefits if the North grows economically and correspondingly consumes Chinese products
78M8P TIL although the US Coast Guard is the second smallest US military service branch in terms of membership, the service by itself is the world's 12th largest naval force.
wolX7 TIL the Apollo 8 Mission returned from Lunar orbit on Christmas Day and landed safely in the ocean, between Christmas Island and Hawaii, at night
yQARa TIL that there is a tradition in the United States Senate in which a Senator keeps a desk full of candy
JYWGj TIL we know what Napoleon Bonaparte smelled like. He ordered multiple bottles of cologne monthly and spread it on himself with a brush. The cologne is called 4711 and the same recipe is still used today as when Napoleon used it.