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TIL that baby birds will spend a few days on the ground before flying. If you find a baby bird on the ground, it probably doesn’t need to be rescued!

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xVm5b TIL that if someone tells you to 'relax your tongue' and you start thinking about it and it starts to cramp, say "N". This returns the tongue to neutral position at the base of the top incisors, in addition to returning jaw muscles to neutral position for people with bruxism.
LkKd0 TIL that the highest rated American actor on Rotten Tomatoes (by average movie score) is John Ratzenberger, largely by virtue of his having had a speaking role in every Pixar movie
7rEdZ TIL that Einstein described quantum entanglement as "spuckhafte ferwirklung" or "spooky action at a distance" because it contradicted his Theory of Relativity
OooOL TIL that Guam's jungles have as many as 40 times the amount of spiders as nearby islands due to a lack of forest birds.
pYZWN TIL the actual valve in freeze-proof outdoor faucets is way back inside the house, on the warm side of the insulation