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TIL woodpeckers have long tongues to protect their brains during high speed pecking.

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LlAP TIL that B. F. Skinner invented a temperature controlled baby crib that he called the “heir conditioner”.
N7vRJ TIL a Jacksonville Florida man who wished to remain anonymous bought over 100 generators (at about $450 each) to send to the Bahamas via the Errol Thurston Bahamas Hurricane Relief Fund. (A fellow Florida man in line with him at Costco noticed it and posted about the man's deed on social media).
XpWE TIL that Mahatma Gandhi used to travel with his goat so that he could have fresh milk.
ANZV4 TIL that, every two years since 1965, one senator's desk in the US Senate has been designated the "Candy Desk". The senator who occupies this desk is responsible for ensuring that it is stocked with an abundant supply of candy.
ZPQR TIL that cranberry sauce cans are intentionally printed upside-down so that the can is stored with the side that you open facing downward, meaning that when you open the can the pressure will force the sauce out, creating that perfect “log” everyone has come to love