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TIL that flamingos are unique from all other birds and mammals in that they have hinged upper beaks (jaws) instead of lower. They use their tongues and beaks to move water through filters they use to catch food. But, because their upper beaks move, they have to eat with their heads upside down.

1Lm7 TIL Spock and Kirk’s iconic friendship was actually the idea of Isaac Asimov. It was intended to keep Shatner from getting pissy.
6QyW TIL there have been no recorded human deaths due to a meteorite fall.
Bgx7x TIL Bill Maher Promoted: Cell Phones was Scam Back in 2003
gra8A TIL that the fear of spiders and snakes is an evolutionary trait, not a learned behavior.
WkApo TIL that the hair straightener brand “ghd” stands for good hair day. ????