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TIL that the Northern cardinal can biologically suppress the West Nile virus upon infection.

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OoQwa TIL Japan celebrates Easter, but with no Christian connotations, as a spring family holiday
jkpQ TIL that the longest tank-to-tank kill in history occurred when a Challenger tank destroyed an Iraqi T-62 at a range of 5100 metres (over 3 miles)
LkQkZ TIL most sharks are ovoviviparous,meaning meaning that the eggs hatch in the oviduct within the mother's body and once born, they are fully independent and will swim away from the mother who may eat them.
GYkPJ TIL Abercrombie created a fictional story about the founding of Hollister saying that, John Hollister, SR. emigrated from New York City to the Dutch East Indies, and established his company once returning to California in 1922. In actuality, the company was founded in Ohio in 2000.
Zpgvv TIL about the Chapati movement of 1857 in India where thousands of flatbreads were mysteriously distributed across North Indian villages. It is still a mystery as to who did this and why with both local Indians and the British assuming it was the other's doings