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TIL the flag is flown at half-staff during periods of mourning to make room for the "invisible flag of death" above it.

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8areL TIL what to do if you come across a baby bird in the wild. It's normal for fledglings to be on the ground, move them to a safe location (in the bushes, etc) close to where they are only if necessary. Their parents are nearby. Misguidedly "rescuing" them often leads to their death. Call wildlife line
dDKV7 TIL there’s a Hitchcock Barbie; a version of the doll dressed as actor Tippi Hedren from The Birds which even comes with detachable attacking birds.
7raNb TIL that 20% of Finnish Americans live in Michigan or Minnesota, and that both of those states have more than twice the Finnish American population of the third (California)
6Emll TIL that baleen whales evolved to use bone conduction as their primary hearing mechanism.
8abAa TIL there is a colony of wild wallabies living in Hawaii. In 1916 they were flown into Oahu to be a part of a private zoo, but escaped after neighborhood dogs attacked (and killed one of) them.