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

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GYpxG TIL that Hiram Revels, the first-ever black US senator, occupied the Senate seat whose previous occupant was Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America.
nr4d TIL there is a tribe called the Sentinelese who live on a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. For thousands of years they have refused all contact with the outside world. Using only stones and arrows, they have successfully repelled Arabs, Persians, Indians, Europeans, and a fucking helicopter.
nWGao TIL a group of engineering students from Purdue University built a licking machine to learn that it took 364 licks to get the the center of a tootsie pop. A conflicting mechanical licker built by a University of Michigan student took 411 licks. When licked manually, studies have taken 144-252 licks.
WpAL TIL There Is A Way To Dispose Of And Deactivate Nuclear/Radioactive Waste While Creating Electricity.
7XPX TIL - Two French officers dueled each other 30 times over the course of 19 years