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

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LQN7m TIL that New Orleans is located in Louisiana
woAyo TIL Levi Strauss made his fortune initially by making pants out of tent canvas for miners during the 1850s Gold Rush
yVyGe TIL that those that use NAC regularly are regularly blocking about 20 percent of their DAO enzyme. DAO is a enzyme responsible for disposing of histamine in the blood. Supplementation of DAO would be beneficial for those who use NAC.
0d0Dp TIL in 2005, Joaquin Phoenix flipped his car. He heard someone tell him to "just relax". Phoenix replied, "I'm fine. I am relaxed." The man replied, "No, you're not." The man then stopped Phoenix from lighting a cigarette while gasoline was leaking into the car cabin. The man was Werner Herzog.
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