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TIL of ‘Project Pigeon’, a WW2 era US funded attempt to train pigeons to guide bombs to their targets. The pigeons were put inside of the bombs and acted as pilots, repeatedly pecking the target displayed through a lens to keep the bomb on course to the target.

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XEeAP TIL that 1/3 of JFK's secret service staff were hungover on the day of his assassination.
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X0AoR TIL that the 2010 FIFA world cup song "Waka Waka" by Shakira is actually based on a 1986 song "Zangaléwa", by Cameroonian band Golden Sounds, which was a hit not only across Africa but also in Colombia with the help of West African DJs where Shakira heard the tune when she was a child.
e0Pnb TIL that Charles Schulz, creator of the comic strip Peanuts, hated the name of his comic, which was chosen by his syndicate (he wanted to call it Li'l Folks). As a result, most Peanuts collections and animated specials, such as A Charlie Brown Christmas, don't actually use Peanuts in the title.
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