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TIL that flamingo can only eat when its head is upside down

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X0oND TIL of the Manila Massacre during WWII when Japanese troops conducted mop-up operations in Manila, killing over 54,000 Filipinos, including children. Pregnant women had their bellies ripped open and fleeing civilians were executed.
ADeRn TIL a man was struck with an axe 16 times, but still went about his morning routine after regaining consciousness, despite heavy bleeding and severe brain damage. The part of his brain that handled reasoning was damaged, but the part that controlled habits was intact.
W7y1d TIL: 242 known languages went extinct during the 20th century
gME8b TIL JFK's father Joseph Kennedy made much of his fortune through insider trading. FDR later made him chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. When asked why he appointed a crook, FDR replied, "set a thief to catch a thief." Kennedy proceeded to outlaw the practices that made him rich.
KGW4 TIL Sony created a magnetic tape that can store 185 TB of data in one cartridge, the equivalent of 3,700 dual layer Blu-ray discs.