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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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GAJ8g TIL about Yoko Ono's film "Self-Portrait" (1969). It consists of a 42-minute shot of her husband John Lennon's semi-erect penis. At the end, a drop of semen comes out. The film was never reshown after its initial screening.
Brwvd TIL that a judge sued a dry cleaner for $67 million because they lost a pair of his pants
OG9lR TIL a 35-Year-Old Man Breaks Hardest Bone in the Human Body While Coughing
8eQEV TIL about Stephen King’s Dollar Babies, a program in which Stephen King sells the rights to some of his short stories for 1$ to film students to help their careers
BrMaW TIL in 2013 a lone thief stole $136 million worth of jewels from a Cannes hotel room. Though the thief carried a pistol, he never had to draw it due to the room being poorly gaurded. It is possible the door was left unlocked as well.