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TIL the name "British Isles" is considered controversial today, with replacements including "these islands", "Britain and Ireland" and "Anglo-Celtic Isles"

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VDY4 TIL falcons on the Moroccan island of Mogador catch small birds, then remove their flight and tail feathers and imprison them in crevasses in the rock to eat later.
epQ4L TIL about Tonic Immobility or Trancing in rabbits. It is an immobile state rabbits go into as a defense mechanism and a state of fear when put on their backs.
grYwX TIL Roosevelt was the longest-serving U.S. president and the only one to have served more than two terms, before the official implementation of term limits
R7Dxl TIL that Smash Mouth's "All Star" originally contained the line, "Say bye bye to your soul" instead of "all that glitters is gold".
kOyd5 TIL of Austin Tice, a freelance journalist and U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was abducted on August 14, 2012 while reporting on the civil war in Syria. He has since been missing for more than 9 years.