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TIL this yellow-pigmented male northern cardinal is most likely a genetic mutation that renders the pigments the bird draws from foods making it appear with yellow coloration rather than red. This is called xanthochromism; in addition to cardinals, it has also been seen in rose-breasted grosbeaks.

kOykg TIL in 1984 a pair of brothers were surprised when the fictitious, “Johnny Klomberg”, they made up for a Baskin Robbins free birthday ice cream list, received a Selective Service notice by mail a few years later reminding “Johnny” that he was almost 18, and it was time to register for the draft.
YpORA TIL that not only is it true that cockroaches can survive decapitation for a week or more but ALSO their heads can carry on moving on their own, waving their antennae back and forth for several hours.
W7V4d TIL that between March 1910 and September 1911 a pressurized oil well explosion formed the Lakeview Gusher, releasing 9 million barrels of crude oil and flooding the area in rivers of oil. It's a "miracle" that the oil field had not caught fire and the event remains the worst oil spill in history.
Lk8Xd TIL Wernher Von Braun wasn't just a member of the Nazi Party, he was an SS Sturmbannführer (Major). Thousands of prisoners died excavating his underground rocket factory, Kohnstein, to keep production safe from allied bombing. The US Army later kept these crimes against humanity classified.
lK9A TIL that the most complex Chinese character (hanzi) is 64 strokes & means ‘verbose’.