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TIL Woodpeckers tongues wrap around their skulls to prevent them from getting concussions.

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epQAL TIL for the three decades between 1976 and 2006, bestiality was legal in Washington State
a8j5A TIL about the 'Pig War' of 1859, where the only casualty was a single pig. The conflict started when an American settler shot a British pig that was eating his potatoes on the disputed San Juan Islands, almost leading to war between the US and Britain.
LmD9 TIL Sergei Bubka repeatedly and deliberately broke the world pole vault record by the smallest possible height so he could cash in on a Nike bonus with each new record. In a two-year span, he broke his own world record 14 times.
a8MmM TIL that Oregon has the highest business survival rate with 58.4% succeeding within 5 years.
jNVQE TIL The cat Brando pets in The Godfather purred so loudly the actors' voices had to be re-recorded