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TIL A baby puffin is called a "puffling."

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9wDn6 TIL There are over 13,000 bird strikes annually in the US alone
nWj1o TIL the term "fairy tale" was coined by Marie Catherine d’Aulnoy to describe a collection of stories she wrote released in 1697-98.
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