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TIL, The Macaw species that inspired the movie 'Rio' is now extinct in the wild

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95Z6 TILL there once a breed of dog called turnspit dogs, who’s sole purpose was to run on a wheel that turned meat to cook it evenly. The wheel was put high on the wall, to keep the dogs from overheating due to the nearby fire.
VkQB TIL that Canada has a more powerful military than North Korea
G9RN TIL that the first “emergency” aboard Apollo 13 was when astronaut John Swigert radioed Huston because he had forgotten to file his income taxes. Flight Director Glynn Lunney assured that Americans out of the country got a 60-day extension on filing.
JY0G4 TIL that 4.5bn years ago, when the moon was created it was only 14,000miles away from earth compared to the 238, 885miles it is today. This is because every year the moon moves 3.78cm away from the earth.
m1KBO TIL: The entire energy released by the Hiroshima nuclear explosion came from only 0.5g of Uranium