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TIL a woodpecker wraps his tongue around his skull

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OoeQR TIL All of the beaches along the Oregon coast are owned by the state and are free and open to all
VMl18 TIL After the placement of a Buddha statue to deter illegal dumping, Oakland police stated that criminal activity in the area, including dumping, graffiti, drug dealing, and prostitution, had dropped by 82% as of 2014.
9A1r TIL that in 2007 Joshua Bell pretend to be a street violinist and everyone ignored him.Just two days earlier he played in a sold out theater with each seat costing $100. The violin he used on the street was worth 3.5 million dollars.
dgBB TIL that while sleeping our sense of smell is turned off, meaning it cannot alert us to dangers such as a fire since we cannot be awoken by the smell.
rRWx0 TIL despite being worth €37.3 billion the founder of IKEA drove an old Volvo, travelled by economy class, brought a lunch box to work, visited vegetable street markets right before they closed for the day, hoping to get better prices and shopped for clothes at the local flea markets.