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TIL while ostrich eggs are the largest of any bird, they are the smallest relative to the birds size.

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D4xJ TIL in 2011 researchers let 100 paper planes go 23 miles above Germany. Some have since been found in Canada, USA, Australia and South Africa.
NX75b TIL there are thousands of exotic ring-necked parakeets that reside in Greater London and the truth varies as to exactly where they they came from.
4XN9a TIL Al Pacino's 1973 movie character Serpico is a good luck talisman for drivers in Thailand. Often accompanied by an image of Buddha, some Thais believe Serpico will protect them from spurious fines by the corrupt Thai traffic police.
A1x TIL NASA has discovered a “waterworld” planet 40 light-years away that may contain exotic materials such as “hot ice” and “superfluid water”
WkrWX TIL a teenage runaway in WA learned to fly via internet, stole several airplanes, flew to the Bahamas, and was captured after an international manhunt