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TIL that the 2017 Marvel film “Thor: Ragnarok” had the initial working title of “Creature Report”, referencing the musical segments present in almost every episode of the children’s TV show “The Octonauts”.

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aw6Yy TIL of the kākāpō—a nocturnal, flightless parrot that drags its face along the ground to navigate and has a mating ritual where the male digs a hole in a hill, lays down in it and makes loud noises all night until a female takes interest in him.
kOWkE TIL: The wooshing sound from drinking alcohol is called Tinnitus and is a result from increased blood flow to the inner ear.
4kmBN TIL that Baby Face Nelson killed more FBI agents than any other criminal in history.
E1o07 TIL there is no meaning behind Bosnia's national flag. Due to the war in the 90's, every attempt to unite the country under one flag was rejected by all ethnic groups. The UN created a flag that could not be linked to Bosnia's past in any way.
9YMZQ TIL about .kkrieger, a fully 3D first person shooter which takes up only 96KB. This is about 60x smaller than the average selfie.