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TIL that the Haka, a traditional war dance of the Maori people of New Zealand has been performed by the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team before international games for 111 years

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GAlyN TIL about Joseph Crater, a New York State Supreme Court Justice who mysteriously vanished amid a political scandal in August 1930. He was last seen leaving a restaurant on West 45th Street in Manhattan after having dinner with his mistress and a lawyer friend. His disappearance was never solved.
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YpRxP TIL a woodpecker's head endures 1500 G's (g-force). It distributes most of the energy to it's body, while the head only experiencing 0.3% of the total force which dissipates as heat. They have to take breaks in pecking to cool down the inside of their skull.