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TIL armadillos can inflate their stomachs and intestines with air and float across the water

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ADjXa TIL The first commercial plane ever shot down, in 1938, was salvaged from a river bottom, rebuilt, renamed and returned to service only to be destroyed in 1940 in another shooting incident.
9YLX7 TIL about Frank "Sugarchile" Robinson, who taught himself to play piano at the age of two, played with Lionel Hampton when he was 5, was the first black entertainer at the White House Correspondents dinner when he was 8, recorded for Capitol Records (with two hits) from 9-12 then retired from music
VoMm TIL albums are always released on Tuesdays in the US, and no one really knows why
kRag TIL, Frodo had the ring for 17 years before going on his quest instead of the handful of days the movie shows.
gMEbW TIL that Game of Thrones composer Ramin Djawadi has a sensory condition called synesthesia that allows him to visualize music.