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TIL because the Black Guillemot lives on cliffs, it lays pointed eggs so that instead of rolling off the cliffs they spin in tight circles

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kJPWg TIL the woman who created the green bean casserole is in the Inventor's Hall of Fame
XEY7P TIL Tiger Woods almost ran out of golf balls during the 2nd round of the 2000 US Open because his caddy forgot to pack the balls Tiger was putting with in his hotel room the night before. He finished the round with one ball and went on to win the tournament by a record-setting 15 strokes.
a8JwJ TIL the rufous treepie, a bird in the raven family, has learned to steal lit candles from a temple in India. The candles use clarified butter for fuel so the treepies fly inside, grab one and fly away. Then they remove the wick and extinguish it before eating it and the butter.
OVO7 TIL Steven Spielberg didn’t accept a salary for Schindler’s List as he considered it “blood money.”
8jQP TIL of Rosemary Kennedy. Rosemary grew into a rebellious teen so she was given a lobotomy and turned into a vegetable. During the surgery, she was asked to sing “God Bless America”, which the Doctors used to determine how deep they should cut - “when she began to become incoherent, they stopped.”