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TIL the tail feathers of Birds of Paradise are so black that they absorb 99.95% of all light, just .01% less than the blackest human-made nanomaterial, and help make brightly-colored patches stand out more during mating dances

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wo8V7 TIL that baseball superstar Steve Garvey’s wife Cynthia left him in 1983 for music legend Marvin Hamlisch. Some people may only know Hamlisch as the guy that played the song “You’re So Vain” on the piano in the movie How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days.
aw6BN TIL that the song 'One Week' by Barenaked Ladies was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week.
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