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TIL that clapping at the base of the Pyramid of Kukulkan produces an echo that sounds like the chirping of a Resplendent Quetzal, a bird that was sacred to the Maya culture.

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YQPd TIL that since 1983 Larry Flynt has sent a delivery of porn every month to every member of Congress. Congress has tried to stop the deliveries but the U.S. District Court has ruled that the delivery cannot be stopped under the First Amendment
eblL TIL In New York, a woman saved a little boy’s life giving him CPR after being hit in the chest with a baseball bat. About 7 years later, in 2006 that very same boy saved her from choking to death giving her the heimlich maneuver in the restaurant that he worked.
VBJl8 TIL that John Lennon once mistook a nativity scene outside a house with a bunch of men playing poker on a midnight stroll home from Paul McCartney's house. He wasn't wearing his glasses at the time
kJ1l7 TIL that polar explorer Ernest Shackleton is buried in Grytviken, a settlement on the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Sea. The settlement has a population of 3, but is only occupied in the summer.
W7OXY TIL: A scientist was once lowered in a harness from a helicopter to explore an undiscovered island only to have a polar bear swat at him