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TIL the dumb and dumber mocking bird song is a real song.

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kOZPW TIL caddisfly larvae spin protective cases out of silk that incorporates bits of sand, gravel, twigs, or other material.
wLAkE TIL the first rocket to make it to space was the German V2 rocket MW 18014 launched on 20 June 1944 and reached an apogee of 176 kilometers or 109.6 miles. The rocket didn't have enough velocity to orbit causing it to return to Earth.
ol5E TIL in 1982 there was a baby, born 2 months premature, with a bullet in his brain. He lived.
p8LJe TIL the word rooster was coined by English colonial protestants in the 1700s as an alternative to the word cock, in order to avoid the vulgar connotations. Until relatively recent times, this was primarily an Americanism, with most of the English speaking world still using cock for a male chicken.
8eR6G Til that crickets don't actually chirp until they are fully grown