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

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QJp99 TIL In the movie Step Brothers, in the scene where Brennan declares, “Did we just become best friends,” there is a sign in the background for Hugalo’s Pizza. Hugalo’s is the restaurant from which Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) delivered pizzas in Talladega Nights after his crash and mental breakdown.
5rp8 TIL the longest word in vietnamese contains seven letters
6EV8 TIL: some mathematicians want to do away with PI
e0ovJ TIL a study of 200 stand-ups showed that they died young, at an average age of 67.1, compared to actors, 70.7. The funnier they were, the shorter they lived. The funny one in a comedy duo was likely to die younger than the straightman.
ZvWB TIL that a woman who died in 2009 had at least 1400 descendants (11 children, 150 grandchildren, 1000 great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren)