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TIL the only animal considered to display true tripedalism (moving using 3 limbs) is the parrot. Specifically, their head is considered their third limb while climbing

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9w7MX TIL that following a deadly avalanche in 1962, Peruvian authorities were warned of the potential for a much larger slide to occur by a group of American climbers. These warnings were not only ignored but actively suppressed. 8 years later the deadliest avalanche in history occurred, killing 30k
pn5O TIL that the symbols used to censor swear words are called grawlixes
NXYJb TIL that in 1958 the Italian hit song "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" performed by composer Domenico Modugno was in the Billboard Top 10 at the same time as the English version "Volare" performed by Dean Martin.
8elEa TIL of Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 which crashed into terrain on September 11, 1974, killing 72. Among them was the VP for academic affairs of the Medical University of South Carolina and two of his sons - the father and brothers of future tv personality Stephen Colbert.
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