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TIL That Australia's Last Flamingo Died In 2018 ....

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v1A48 TIL every person has maximum hair lenght determined by genetics.
yVmVX TIL that ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad performs the female spoken word verse in the Adam Ant song "Strip".
epvEE TIL an American cyclist covered 4,707 km (2,925 mi) to create the 'world's largest GPS drawing by bicycle' in memory of her dog, Slinky. Kristy Bellmer started the 2-month journey on Slinky's birthday. Beginning & ending in Amsterdam, she went through Belgium, France, Switzerland, Germany & Czechia.
GANd1 TIL that Bulgarians are descendants of the migratory bolghars
BMdx TIL that in Tron the good characters were originally supposed to glow yellow and evil ones blue, but during production decided to change good to blue and evil to red. Regardless, some of the original coloring scheme remains in the film, e.g. the vehicles.