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TIL that falcons will imprison their prey alive for storage

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5gBk TIL that fire extinguishers used to be color coded based on what was inside; today, each one has pictures on it that show what kinds of fires it can fight.
GrM7 Til that sting will earn $2000 a day because his song was used on puff daddy’s “ill be missing you” without his permission.
Egpn0 TIL As secretary for the chancellery in 1503, Machiavelli was dispatched to Rome to gather intel and report on the new conclave after Pius III died 26 days into his papacy. He reported the % Giuliano Della Rovere was expecting to get and had the news of his election hours before it was announced
eppe5 TIL US Customs and Border Protection allows their officers to have racially motivated and gang-related tattoos... they just need to cover them up while they are at work.
VB7wk TIL platypuses only recently (geologically speaking) lost their teeth, with this change coinciding with the arrival of the rakali (water rat). These rodents outcompeted platypuses for hard-bodied prey, forcing platypuses to evolve dental pads and specialize in soft-bodied food instead.