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TIL flamingo, and in particular flamingo tongue, was considered a delicacy in ancient Rome

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yQXYV TIL The Vatican has a telescope in Arizona. The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) is part of the Mount Graham International Observatory and is operated by the Vatican Observatory, one of the oldest astronomical research institutions in the world.
jB1a TIL Bipolar disorder may have been a climatic adaptation for humans to survive short summers (manic episodes for high productivity) and long winters (depression to slow metabolism).
JYjP8 TIL that Sophise Scholl, White Rose member and passive resistance leader, was guillotined, not shot, when she was murdered by the Nazis.
ja7Q TIL Edgar Allan Poe wrote a novel in which a group of shipwrecked survivors draw lots in which the loser will be eaten, the boy who lost was named Richard Parker. 50 years later an English ship sank & the survivors drew lots, the losers name was Richard Parker.
JYWK8 TIL the Dalai Lama released a spoken word album filled with mantras and new age music titled Inner World, earlier this month