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TIL The Canary Islands are named after dogs, not birds.

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Me8X7 TIL Tatra (a Czech car manufacturer) collaborated on a supercar called the MTX Tatra V8
XQeQ TIL a homing pigeon called Cher Ami that saved the lives of 194 soldiers during WW1 by transporting a message. The pigeon was shot through the chest, blinded in one eye and had its leg hanging by a tendon upon arriving with the message.
PYNmG TIL that Gore-Tex was discovered as attempt to reduce cable isolation costs
OGKLR TIL that sunburn redness isn’t your skin “cooking”. It’s just your body rushing blood to help clean up UV damage. Your body reacts by widening (dilating) blood vessels to send in immune cells and nutrients, which brings more blood to the area and makes the skin look red and feel hot.
8wbZ TIL that Dashrath Manjhi from India worked day and night for 22 years to cut through a mountain to create a path from his village to a local hospital.He reduced the distance from 75 km to 1 km .