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TIL Adult birds are actually almost untamable, I mean, gaining trust with an adult bird, unless it's hand-tamed since as a chick, it's almost impossible to do, unless you have all the patience in the world unlike me. (I'm very inpatient) (And I have Society Finches)

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vPbx TIL in 1848 an iron rod exploded through the skull of a railroad foreman and landed 80 feet away. He was speaking and walking minutes later. The doctor didn’t believe him until a “teacupful of the brain” fell on the floor. He died 12 years later, after having portraits made of him holding the rod
ADeNn TIL that theoretically the smallest object in the universe is called a Preon. Inside of an atom is the nucleus, inside that are 3 quarks. And inside a quark is theorized to be something called Preons. They are so small that as of now, they haven't even been physically observed.
941B TIL that atheist organizations have been granted tax exempt status, under the same law that grants it to churches. “Moreover, the IRS cites to a number of cases where state and federal law have recognized non-theist organizations as tax-exempt religious organizations"
9Y0j6 TIL the earliest Sanskrit text is not found in India, but in Northern Syria
oBDlR TIL Heinlich Himmler chose Wewelsburg Castle for the SS based on occult prophesies. They renovated it before moving in, & one of the rooms in the building became known as "the Grail Room" with a rock crystal representing the Holy Grail being placed in a central position.