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TIL The Harpy Eagle parents prey on harder to catch food further away from the nest so that when the child eagle finally begins to hunt on its own, an abundant amount of easy to catch prey (sloths and monkeys) are available close to the nest.

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8e0kZ TIL of the "Casu martzu" - a sardinian fermented sheep cheese that has live maggots in it. It's considered unsafe to eat if the maggots have died, and is served alongside strong red wine. The larvae in the cheese can launch themselves distances up to 15 centimetres when disturbed.
NXBZ6 TIL that each of the Beatle statues at Liverpool Pier Head has an "easter egg." Paul has Linda's camera, George has the Gayatri Mantra on his belt, Ringo has L8 (the Dingle) on his shoe, and John is holding two acorns.
6E1O8 TIL Andrew Carnegie by the time of his death in 1919 had already given away roughly 90% of his wealth. He is one of the richest Americans in history and the total money donated by him would equate to ~$65,000,000,000 in today's currency.
AD5l4 TIL the Canadian Parliament once discussed how the country would deal with a zombie apocalypse; then Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird declared that "Canada will never become a safe haven for zombies, ever"
g8l4 TIL Jack Ruby, the guy who killed Oswald on live TV, claimed that the JFK assassination “was an act of overthrowing the government” and that he had been injected with cancer cells in prison to silence him. By 1966, Ruby was dead from cancer in his liver, lungs and brain.