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TIL that the smallest living bird is nary larger than a bee and weighs less than a single US penny

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1ZM7 TIL that scientist have produced glow in the dark cats, as a part of AIDS research
5YJ4r TIL that the containment structure built during the Chernobyl disaster to prevent further release of radioactive material was the largest civil engineering feat in history, involving a quarter of a million construction workers who all reached their official lifetime limits for radiation.
0d0Gj TIL that knocking on wood was a thing because people believed that spirits lived in trees and knocking would prevent them from bad luck. (scroll a bit for the right part.)
1aaeP TIL that M&Ms are the official candy of The White House.
40Wa TIL Robert Downey Jr. was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder – the character he plays is an overly pretentious method actor who only takes roles that will potentially win Oscars.