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TIL An ostrichs eye is bigger than its brain

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QJXJe TIL you don't need to wait 24 hours to file a missing person's report and that this is a common myth.
DYvY TIL that on this day, June 25th, 137 years ago, two Cheyenne women shoved their sewing awls into the dead George Armstrong Custer’s ears, so he would ‘hear better in the afterlife’ because he had broken his promise to Chief Stone Forehead never to fight against Native Americans again.
R7mK8 TIL that during WW2, the UK planned to build 'unsinkable' giant aircraft carriers with 40ft thick hulls made out of a mixture of ice and wood pulp. The project was canceled, but the scale model took three years to melt.
4vKN TIL 95% of the world’s ATMs are running on Windows XP
41Jg TIL Swedish blood donors first recieve a ‘Thank you’ text when they initially donate blood, but they also recieve a text whenever their blood is used to help someone.