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TIL that the Invisible rail (Habroptila wallacii) is native to to the island of Halmahera, Indonesia. It is not actually invisble, just difficult to spot.

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X0PRE TIL that frequent blood donation has been shown to reduce the concentration of "forever chemicals" in the bloodstream by up to 1.1 ng/mL, and frequent plasma donors showed a reduction of 2.9 ng/mL.
neGOr TIL that in 1885, James Whitcomb Riley wrote and published a poem called "Little Orphant Allie", based on a little girl he had met named Alice (nicknamed Allie). Due to a typo in the published version, her name was misspelled as Little Orphan Annie, and this name became a much more famous character.
RWLQ TIL that Croatian fascists created a type of knife literally called a “Serb cutter” in order to faster kill prisoners in concentration camps during WWII with concentration guards holding contests to see who could kill the most in one day (the record was 1,360)
9pyQ TIL that Tang, Cool Whip, Pop Rocks and Jell-o were all invented by the same man.
58EB TIL New Zealand is listed as a State in the Australian constitution, and can choose to join the Australian Commonwealth if it wishes.