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TIL that ironically, Reading Rainbow was actually canceled BECAUSE of No Child Left Behind.

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7rXZx TIL flamingos pull one leg up close to their body to conserve heat that might otherwise be lost while standing in cold water. They tend to stand on two legs in warmer weather
XNoQ TIL: A re-creation of the famous War of the Worlds broadcast preformed in Ecuador caused such a panic, that police and fire brigades rushed out of town to fight the supposed alien. After the people found out it was fake, they burned down the radio station, killing 6 people.
W7N0X TIL Pears do not ripen on the tree. The pear is harvested when it is mature, but not yet ripe, and, if left at room temperature, it slowly reaches a sweet and succulent maturity as it ripens from the inside out
n91G TIL that about 50% of the earth’s heat is generated from radioactive decay from elements such as uranium and thorium
Ede7 TIL approximately 20% of people have a “neurological glitch” that makes them chronically bad at spelling; they are unable to “see” the word