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TIL that Seagulls stamp their feet to imitate rain, causing worms to surface

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b609p TIL about Tadeusz Kościuszko, a national hero in Poland, the United States, Lithuania, and Belarus, who fought in the American Revolutionary war and willed that his estate be used to free slaves after his death. His wish was never honored.
RZD8 TIL that in 2009, snipers were deployed in Australia to protect a colony of little penguins from predators.
rJY0 TIL that octopus mothers will sometimes eat their own arms to survive while protecting their eggs; they will not leave the nests before the eggs hatch even to find food.
ep4Eb TIL Rotationplasty is a surgical procedure where, in case of bone tumor, they remove a child's lower leg, rotate it 180 degree and attach it to a thigh bone in a way that makes an ankle joint serve as a "new knee". It looks like having one leg shorter and rotated back.
DQKeJ TIL a male anglerfish exists only to find and permanently attach to a female. He becomes nothing but a set of balls on the female - who may have many such sets…