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TIL the northern cardinal is the state bird in seven different states.

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aVAL TIL that there is an ethnic group called the “asian pygmies” that are intentionally going extinct to prevent the passing of their many birth defects.
EkPo TIL that after the sinking a british U-boat during WWII, Herbert Schultze sent radio message “cq - cq- cq - transmit to Winston Churchill. I have sunk the British steamer Firby. Posit 59.40 North and 13.50 West. Save the crew, if you please. German U-boat”. This made Schultze famous in Germany & UK.
bpjN TIL the inside of a cucumber can be 20 degrees cooler than outside - ‘cool as a cucumber’.
1aPGO TIL that NASA has a man that sniffs everything before it goes to space and if he doesn’t like the smell, the object doesn’t go into space.
p84PG TIL that the word "procrastinate" comes from Latin meaning "to put off until tomorrow" and there is another word "perendinate" that means "to put off until the day after tomorrow"