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TIL that naturalist William Bartram described finding a "painted vulture" during his travels in Florida in the 1770s. No one else has ever found this supposed Florida bird. It's not known exactly what the "painted vulture" was—it could have been a subspecies or relative of the living king vulture.

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9nPm TIL in Boston a wife and her unborn child were robbed and killed. The surviving husband gave the vague description of the assailant as “a black man with a husky voice” throwing the city into a police state of racial unrest. It later emerged the white husband killed them for the insurance money.
Y7LXv TIL that Gerard Way started My Chemical Romance after seeing 9/11 happen on his way to work in New York City. Seeing thousands of people die in front of him made him reassess his life and decide to take a chance on a music career.
bQD7 TIL Alan Parsons (the audio engineer of Dark Side of the Moon) rejected Pink Floyd’s invitation to work as the audio engineer of “Wish You Were Here” and started Alan Parsons Project
XELrr TIL that semen contains a compound called spermine, which is an antioxidant which can help reduce wrinkles, smooth the skin, prevent acne or spots and give you overall healthy-looking skin.
6E1mX TIL a Russian Blue tomcat named "Xiaopi" needed a glucose drip after mating with five females during one night in a Chinese pet hotel. The cat's owner, Mr. Zhao, said he specifically told the hotel that Xiaopi wasn't neutered, but they let him roam freely anyway.