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TIL the hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
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TIL in 1991, America's best selling "car" was the Little Tikes - Cozy Coupe
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TIL Alan Conway was a scam artist who successfully impersonated Stanley Kubrick in the early 1990s. Rather than being annoyed, Kubrick was instead fascinated by the scam. Years later, Kubrick's personal assistant tracked down Conway and made a film based on his exploits.
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TIL that the reason so many south and central Asian countries end in “stan” is because it’s an ancient word for “land of” or “homeland”
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TIL The seven-day weekly cycle (Sunday→Monday→Tuesday→Wednesday→Thursday→Friday→Saturday) has remained unbroken since ancient Rome.
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TIL that Cracker Jack, Cream of Wheat, Juicy Fruit, Quaker Oats, Shredded Wheat, Pabst Blue Ribbon, elongated coins, spray paint, Phosphorescent lamps, and a zipper precursor were all introduced at the Columbian Expo in Chicago in 1893