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Jul 05, 2020

TIL Because of its massive size, a T-Rex could only run at 12 miles per hour. If it ran any faster, its bones would've shattered.

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Jun 26, 2020

TIL that Screech Owls keep blind snakes as pets/housekeepers. The snakes are carried to the owl's nest, and then burrow into it and eat bugs that would otherwise pose a threat to the owl's young.

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Jun 10, 2020

TIL A Dutch start-up company have been able to start training wild crows so that they pick up cigarette butts and put them in bins for peanut as a reward.

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Apr 16, 2020

TIL Bald eagles share parenting duties: The male and the female take turns incubating the eggs, and they both feed their young. They usually mate for life too.

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Apr 13, 2020

TIL European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), native to Europe, were first introduced by Shakespeare enthusiasts in 1890 in Central Park, NY with the release of about 100 birds, and they are now one of the most abundant and destructive birds in North America with a population of roughly 200 million.

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Mar 23, 2020

TIL that a fully-preserved dinosaur tail, still covered in delicate feathers, was found. It is 99 million years old.

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Feb 27, 2020

TIL that a new microbe called a hemimastigote was found in Nova Scotia. The Hemimastix kukwesjijk is not a plant, animal, fungus, or protozoa — it constitutes an entirely new kingdom.

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Feb 16, 2020

TIL about Sgt. Siwash, the beer drinking duck who fought with the Marines in WWII, and received citations for battling a Japanese rooster. Siwash passed away in 1954 due to liver disease and their wake was held in a Chicago taxidermists shop.

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Feb 07, 2020

TIL that you absolutely can pick up baby birds and their parents will not reject them as a result.

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Jan 03, 2020

TIL of "firehawks", birds in Australia that use burning sticks to hunt for food.

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Nov 10, 2019

TIL 80's pop group Spandau Ballet got their name after seeing it written on a nightclub toilet. Spandau Ballet actually refers to prisoner hangings at Spandau Prison and their twitching and jumping at the end of the rope.

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Oct 14, 2019

TIL that researchers found fossils of a "Mega Penguin" that stood over 6ft tall and weighed in at over 250lbs.

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Sep 13, 2019

TIL A penguin species that lived around 37m years ago was nearly 7 foot tall

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Aug 11, 2019

TIL that Darwin's finches, a classic example of evolution, are being rapidly killed due to an infectious parasite that damages their beaks, preventing them from producing mating calls and as a result, reproducing. The larvae also infest the nests and feed on the blood and tissue of the nestlings.

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Jun 19, 2019

TIL that 3 Australian bird species deliberately help spread wildfires so they can find prey more easily

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Jun 17, 2019

TIL it is a myth that adult birds abandon their young if handled by humans as birds have a very poor sense of smell.

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Jun 08, 2019

TIL a Ladybug can travel at speeds of up to 37 MPH for up to two hours at heights of up to 3,600 feet

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May 27, 2019

TIL of the Magpie; a common and ferociously territorial bird that will divebomb and deliver painful pecks to the heads, necks, and faces of people that pass by their nests. This is just a part of life in Australia, necessitating countermeasures such as makeshift spikes worn on helmets.

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May 17, 2019

TIL about the world's only black flamingo. Despite hoaxes of blue flamingos, their colours only range from white to hues of pink depending on their diet. The black flamingo has melanism and is probably one of a kind.

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May 16, 2019

TIL that a human would have to eat 300 hamburgers just to match the equivalent of what hummingbirds consume to survive every day.

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