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TIL that chickens are omnivorous and will eat from grass to insects to large rodents, even each other if they get too hungry.

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GAZ4g TIL the camera used on the original Apollo moon landing missions didn't have a viewfinder
6946l TIL that a man didn't know that he got drafted by the NFL. The Philadelphia Eagles drafted Norm Michael of Syracuse University in 1944, but could not reach him as he had already enlisted in the US Army. Michael only learned what had happened in 1999, when reading about other Syracuse NFL players.
vPBLx TIL that in 2012 a researcher called Teresa Gonzalo created a vaginal gel that inhibits the transmission of HIV by 80%
e6KD TIL: There are legal, soundproofed Oil Rigs hidden as office buildings in Californian Cities.
J1ANj TIL of the world's loneliest palm tree. "Hyophorbe amaricaulis" is found exclusively on the island of Mauritius, and only a single surviving specimen has been documented in the Curepipe Botanic Gardens in Curepipe. Thus, it is classified as an endling.