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TIL Hummingbirds snore…adorably.

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d8G4K TIL the first time Led Zeppelin licensed one of its songs for commercial use was giving the song "Rock And Roll" to Cadillac for a television commercial. The band earned a "ridiculous" fee for this but Cadillac saw sales increase by 16% the following year.
lEx5 TIL sailors had crossed the Equator by 425BC and reported they’d seen the Sun switch sides in the heavens. Writers like Herodotus thought they were making it up
pLN4 TIL that an idiot is technically an adult with a mental age below 3 years, while a moron is a person with a mental age of 8 to 12 years.
8e8ra TIL Dogs have much more expressive faces than wolves. Dogs make an effort to make eye contact with humans and have notably high control over their eyebrows when compared to wolves. Looking into a dog's eyes has comparable results to a parent looking at their child.
7rODX TIL Ed Sheeran once had 14 of the top 15 songs on the U.K. Singles Chart