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TIL Despite ornithologists believing birds are capable of burping, there is no documented evidence of a bird ever burping

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ndPo TIL that the record for the farthest distance cycled in a year is 75,065 miles and was set in 1939.
DoVP TIL Shakespeare was the first person to use an English mechanic called verbing. Verbing is using a noun as a verb. EG. I sport good. I am currently fooding a hamburger.
mbnp TIL that Fulmars, a type of seabird, vomit a putrid, fishy oil as a defense against predators or other disturbances. Not only does it smell horrific, but it’s lethal to predatory birds as it permanently glues their feathers together.
4X1aw TIL about Andy Hartley Payne, who was the winner of the International Trans-Continental Footrace in 1928 to promote U.S. Route 66. He ran the 3,423.5 mi route from Los Angeles to New York City, much of it along U.S. Route 66, in 573 hours, 4 minutes, 34 seconds over an 84-day staged run.
amdZ TIL a Chinese man was so convinced he was Jesus’s younger brother that he started a war called The Taiping Rebellion that lasted 15 years and killed at least 10 million people.