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TIL some of the biggest flying birds ever to exist may have lived alongside humans in the Americas, and may have even influenced Native myths.

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8aGn4 TIL of a Russian dog whose owners were killed in a car accident. Despite attempts to adopt or re-home him, the dog refused to leave the site of the accident and waited for them until it died 7 years later. The city informally adopted the dog and dedicated a statue to honor his loyalty.
oBALR TIL Narcissistic - A disorder in which a person has an inflated sense of self-importance. They lack empathy for others.
XEDkR TIL When Michael Jackson was 15 years old, a family member arranged for two prostitutes to take his virginity Before being locked in a room with him. Michael picked up a Bible and read bible verses to the girls. The girls left in tears.
n7Oo TIL that Japanese honeybees kill hornets by enclosing them in a ball of bees, and then shaking so fast and generating so much heat that they cook the hornet at 115°F
E1EmW TIL in 1940, French soldiers in Lille held off a German force 5 times their size, allowing 100,000 more Allied troops to evacuate at Dunkirk and prompting the German general to grand them an Honours of War ceremony after the surrender