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5YVJr Characterized by their large green bodies and beak-like teeth, bumphead parrotfish can be found near the coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific. These large corallivores use their mighty teeth to grind up the hard exterior of coral in search of the small creatures living inside. If you've ever visited a beach in these regions, you've probably relaxed on the sandy remnants of this coral-based diet. In other words, that beach is full of crap! National Geographic grantee Mikayla Wujec fills us in in this episode of Today I Learned.
Mlg0 TIL John Willard Young was set to be the next president of the LDS church in 1900 due to tenure.The other leaders disliked him, so they immediately changed the 70 year old policy of the church to exclude him being appointed.
Ood7L TIL while filming a 170 foot waterfall in the movie Apocalypto, a cow was trying to cross upstream and went over the falls. It emerged at bottom, banging against the rocks, but after a local man swam in to calm the cow it then climbed up the bank and began eating grass as if nothing had happened.
rR96d TIL about the first flight into the eye of a hurricane. In 1943, Col. Duckworth was training two British pilots on instrument flying in Texas. The pilots ribbed Duckworth on the quality of the AT-6 “Texan” Trainer they used. To prove its sturdiness, Duckworth flew the AT-6 into a hurricane. Twice.
Zp7P4 TIL about hunger stones. These are stones submerged in water designed to warn of drought conditions when they appear. Stones in Germany date back to the 1400s and some include the words "If you see me, weep". The stones started appearing again in 2018.