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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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opjW TIL that there’s a public basketball court in Alma, Colo., which sits at an elevation of 10,578 feet above sea level. It’s literally the highest court in the land.
BreXk TIL Flo Rida, the rapper, is from Florida, the state. That's why he calls himself Flo Rida. But he hates being called Florida (like the state).
xV4no People who feel depressed eat about 55% more chocolate than their non-depressed peers, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
XERB6 TIL avocados evolved to be eaten whole by four ton giant sloths
JYjk8 TIL that during WWI, officials didn't trust units of the D.C. National Guard to secure infrastructure around the capital because so many of their men had foreign ties.The job was given to the only unit they felt they could trust as 100% American: the all-black 1st Separate Infantry.