Indistinguishable juveniles; Trailblazing Inclusion; Lincoln Assassination; Elephant Coffee; Square Flags; Tabi Triumph; Miniature Restraint; Stabilization Reform; Global Reach; Bony growth

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• Pigeons don't fledge (leave the nest) until they are almost adult-sized, making it difficult for people to distinguish baby pigeons from adults.
• Franklin was introduced in 1968 as the first black character in the "Peanuts" comic strip, without Schulz intending it to be a political statement.
• John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln while he was attending a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865.
• Black Ivory Coffee, made from beans that have passed through elephants' digestive tracts, sells for around $1,880 per kilogram, making it one of the world's most expensive coffees.
• The two countries with square flags are Switzerland and the Vatican.
• In 1951, Shigeki Tanaka won the Boston Marathon wearing tabi shoes, crossing the finish line in 2:27:45.
• Gulliver is tied down by tiny Lilliputians, who use a system of pulleys to hoist him with 1,500 horses that are only four and a half inches high.
• The modern real was introduced on July 1, 1994, as part of the Plano Real, a significant monetary reform that aimed to end three decades of rampant inflation in Brazil.
• The influence of Gaelic place names featuring "cill" is truly global, with counterparts found as far apart as Melbourne in Australia, West Virginia in the United States, and Ontario in Canada.
• Myositis ossificans can occur as a serious complication of an untreated quadriceps contusion, resulting in a bony growth within the muscle tissue instead of proper healing.

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