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TIL the hummingbird is the only bird able to fly backwards
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TIL A hockey player name Ivan Tkachenko who died in a tragic plane crash in Russia was anonymously giving money to sick kids, and the last half-million ruble payment was transferred to a young cancer patient minutes before the plane take-off.
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TIL about Escher Sentences, which seem to make sense at first, but actually have no coherent meaning and convey no information. An example is "More people have been to Berlin than I have".
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Just getting to the centre of the Earth and surviving is impossible. The Earth's core is about 9,000°F—as hot as the sun's surface—and would instantly roast anyone who found himself there. Then there's the pressure, which can reach roughly three million times that on the Earth's surface and would crush you. But let's not sweat the details. Once you arrive at the centre of the Earth, the physics gets really interesting.
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TIL that “and” and “&” mean different things in movie credits
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TIL: Despite Octopi and Squid being colorblind, they can see color by changing the shape of their pupils to accept specific wavelengths