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TIL that NASA investigates giraffe blood system to improve suit for astronauts.

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m14KO TIL a Polish charity placed a tracker on the back of a white stork to track the birds migratory habits. It travelled to Sudan before the charity lost contact. Somebody found the tracker, removed the sim card and put it in their own phone, where they then racked up $2700 worth of phone calls.
X0mmD TIL that bananas are curved due to their growth towards the sun. The rate of cell division on each side of the fruit, influenced by sunlight, determines the degree of curvature.
rN0Oy TIL The Easter Island Statues (Moai) have bodies
Y7PnG TIL The former Confederate President Jefferson Davis met a crowd of 7,000 cheering people when he came to Montreal, Canada. Montreal had been a safe haven for Confederates during the Civil War and some Canadians had supported the Confederacy out of fear the Union might invade Canada.
4XKWR TIL the smaller chunks that break off of icebergs are officially called "bergy bits".