TIL: The Père David’s Deer was extinct in the wild in China, surviving only in the Emperor’s private hunting park. After floods and the Boxer Rebellion wiped out that herd, the species lived on only because a French missionary helped smuggle breeding deer to Europe.

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TIL that Paul McCartney’s 1972 protest song “Give Ireland Back to the Irish,” written in response to Bloody Sunday, was banned by the BBC in the UK. Only BBC DJ John Peel defended it, calling the ban “a much stronger political act than the contents of the record itself.”

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TIL: The Père David’s Deer was extinct in the wild in China, surviving only in the Emperor’s private hunting park. After floods and the Boxer Rebellion wiped out that herd, the species lived on only because a French missionary helped smuggle breeding deer to Europe.

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TIL: The Père David’s Deer was extinct in the wild in China, surviving only in the Emperor’s private hunting park. After floods and the Boxer Rebellion wiped out that herd, the species lived on only because a French missionary helped smuggle breeding deer to Europe.

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TIL that Paul McCartney’s 1972 protest song “Give Ireland Back to the Irish,” written in response to Bloody Sunday, was banned by the BBC in the UK. Only BBC DJ John Peel defended it, calling the ban “a much stronger political act than the contents of the record itself.”

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TIL that during the Pearl Harbor attack, multiple ships were hit, but the USS Arizona suffered the worst, losing 1,177 of 1,512 crew. Lou Conter, who survived the burning ship, was the last living Arizona survivor, passing away in 2024.

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