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TIL that Crested Auklets smell like tangerines and when they mate, other birds in the colony will surround them as vocal spectators and jockey positions to get close.

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78llx TIL that the US Marshals' "Con Air" service will transport non-federal prisoners at a cost of no more than $2,643.
OGBQY TIL Each of your 10,000,000,000,000 cells has 1.8 meters of DNA.
978G TIL archeologists in Bulgaria uncovered a grave of a 13th century staked “vampire”. At the time of the man’s death, vampires were perceived as a real threat in many Eastern European communities.
7mRr TIL: There is a Seattle preschool located in a nursing home. It is called the Intergenerational Learning Center.
R54RQ TIL of Cordell Jackson, who (among other things) is thought to be the first woman to produce, engineer, arrange and promote music on her own rock and roll music label.