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TIL that the ruppell vulture is the highest flying bird, able to fly at 37,000ft

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Opb7 TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson often peed in public, even during his presidency. One time, a gust of wind blew his urine onto the leg of one of his Secret Service agents. When the agent informed him he was being peed on, President Johnson replied, “I know. That’s my prerogative.”
6DRJ TIL Scientists have recently discovered repeating radio signals coming from a mysterious source well beyond the Milky Way. While one-off fast radio bursts (FRBs) have been detected in the past, this is the first time multiple signals have been detected coming from the same place in space.
VQ0m Today I learned of the “tiny house movement” where single people and couples live in houses as small as 120 sq. feet to have a smaller environmental impact on the world and to use money saved on other things…
yQwJv TIL the trailer for the longest movie ever made is 72 minutes long.
l77bV TIL that David Gilmour guitarist for Pink Floyd discovered a teenage Kate Bush and is largely responsible for starting her musical career