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TIL that “vampire” drones dock on power lines and recharge by “feeding” on the grid. They never need to land.

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e05NE TIL that Michael Jackson removed "Dirty Diana" from his concert setlist in London for Princess Diana to be respectful, but she asked for him to keep it in the setlist as it was one of her personal favorites.
0wnKp TIL hummingbirds eat soil and wood ash to supplement their diet of nectar with minerals.
BrJve TIL Infamous pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach operated off the coast of the American colonies so frequently that he once crashed his ship off North Carolina, spent time on land in Virginia, and later blockaded the port of the then-province of South Carolina!
QWkM TIL Brad Pitt, playing Achilles in Troy (2004), tore his Achilles tendon during production.
167Z8 TIL Reno, Nevada is named after the Father of the man who invented the first working escalator