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TIL that woodpeckers have exceptionally long tongues that wrap around their brains.

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4XyR6 TIL that despite their name and musical style, Skid Row (the band) were not from Los Angeles, but rather Toms River, New Jersey.
Me9RA TIL The most generations alive in a single family has been 7. The great great great great grandparent being Augusta Bunge aged 109 years old
16QWX TIL birds in Australia, known as “fire hawks”, are known to utilize and spread fires in order to flush out prey.
W7xLo TIL, that in the US military, goats are commonly used to train combat medics. Goats have become the main animal species used for this purpose after the Pentagon phased out using dogs for medical training in the 1980s.
dvQZ TIL Africa’s population is the youngest among all the continents; 50% of Africans are 19 years old or younger.