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TIL 🐦 Birds have a magnetic compass in their beaks made of a mineral called 'magnetite' (Fe3O4) that helps them navigate

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rN9lW TIL that it has been 70 years since an American servicemen has been killed by ordnance fired or dropped by enemy aircraft
NXV5J TIL that in 2016, a top Argentinian polo player won a prestigious tournament using six horses, all of which were clones of the same horse, his champion mare, Cuartetera.
pMXO TIL Frank Hayes, a jockey who died in 1923 after suffering a fatal heart attack in the middle of a steeplechase at Belmont Park in New York State, USA. His lifeless body stayed on the saddle until his horse crossed the finish line, making him the only jockey known to have won a race after death
XELv6 TIL of SR-71 Blackbird test pilot Bill Weaver, who survived a free fall from space after his plane disintegrated around him doing Mach 3.2
aQW9 TIL that in Ancient Rome, the “Traditors” were Christians who betrayed other Christians to Roman authorities. It’s from these people that we get the words “traitor” and “treason”.