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TIL An Owls eyes can hardly rotate in their sockets, which is why they can swivel their heads almost 270 degrees

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WklZX TIL until 1971, the Government of Canada assigned all Inuit people a number in lieu of a surname, and issued each a leather disc with the number that had to be carried at all times or sewn into clothing
78ZMp TIL about the Macchina of Santa Rosa, a 30m/98ft high machine built to honour Saint Rose of Viterbo. Every year 100 men called "Facchini di Santa Rosa" hoist the machine, weighing about 5k kg/11k lb, and carry it through the streets of Viterbo, in Italy. The machine is rebuilt anew every five years
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