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    15 Nov 2017

    Tommy Tucker was a male grey squirrel who toured the United States wearing women's fashions and selling war bonds to support America in World War II.

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  2. Like many pigeons, the Imperial pigeon is able to drink water with its beak continuously immersed in water.

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  3. 8 hours ago

    Utility pigeons are fancy, too. The French Mondain is another show pigeon breed and comes in two flavors: European and American. The current holder of the World Champion French Mondain title is named Mufasa.

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  4. 9 hours ago

    Some articles on pigeons have earned Featured status on Wikipedia. See the Choiseul pigeon, which went extinct around the 1940s before scientists had a chance to comprehensively describe its behavior.

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  5. 11 hours ago

    Exhibit A: the pigmy pouter, a popular breed of show bird. Selective breeding gave this pigeon an unusual and markedly pronounced neck.

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  6. 11 hours ago

    Let’s look at even ~*~ fancier ~*~ pigeons.

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  7. 11 hours ago

    But did you know that this common bag of feathers is what you’d call a “fancy” pigeon?

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  8. 11 hours ago

    You’ve probably seen this type of pigeon around town a few dozen times today:

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  9. 12 hours ago
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  10. 12 hours ago

    We could have said "Medals such as the Croix de guerre, awarded to Cher Ami, and the Dickin Medal awarded to the pigeons G.I. Joe and Paddy, amongst 32 others, have been awarded to pigeons for their services in saving human lives."

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  11. 12 hours ago

    Should we start being more obvious with our facts because it seems like you like facts that are obvious facts. See below, pigeon.

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  12. 13 hours ago
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  13. 14 hours ago

    Your mission today: Please take a photo of a pigeon. If you need help, let us know and we can send you some to help you identify a pigeon.

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  14. 14 hours ago

    Instructions are here: We'll be tweeting pigeon facts and pictures throughout the week. Share your pigeons with the world.

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  15. 14 hours ago

    made it very clear to us that he wants to see more pictures of pigeons on . Our goal is to get 100 new pigeon photos (and 100 new photographers) on in the next week.

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  16. 14 hours ago

    is an incredibly generous supporter of free and open knowledge. And we want to thank him. And we need your help....along with your pigeon photos.

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  17. 14 hours ago

    The pigeon happens to be 's favorite bird.

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  18. 14 hours ago

    This is a pigeon.

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  19. 14 hours ago
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  20. 14 hours ago

    Tulip mania was a period in the Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for some bulbs of the recently introduced and fashionable tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then dramatically collapsed in February 1637.

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  21. 15 hours ago

    Your tweeter this morning is a Philadelphia native, and now will return to sharing facts about...everything!

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