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TIL of the First Night Effect, where essentially only half your brain sleeps when you're in a new environment.

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ANK8x TIL haggis has been banned from being imported into the US since 1971 due to a ban on food containing sheep lung
GYm8N TIL that the Philippines' actual independence was also July 4, but in 1962 it was changed to June 12, likely to spite the US.
9veM TIL that the Egyptians applied moldy bread on their infected wounds, because it works as an antibiotic.
5vY9 TIL that Cardinals sing clear, whistled song patterns, which are commonly described as cheeeer-a-dote, cheeer-a-dote-dote-dote, purdy, purdy, purdy…whoit, whoit, whoit, whoit, what-cheer, what-cheer… wheet, wheet, wheet, wheet and cheer, cheer, cheer, what, what, what, what.
4ngo TIL that a pigeon skeleton found in a chimney was carrying a WW2 code which GCHQ were unable to decrypt. Code is included in text.