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TIL Hummingbirds cannot walk or hop, they have evolved smaller feet to be lighter for more efficient flying

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Br1Ab TIL that 237 black sharecroppers in Arkansas were murdered by a mob of white WW1 vets in 1919 because they tried to unionize.
oRW7 TIL the highest BAC every recorded is 1.480%…and the guy was driving
OKp7 TIL There’s a prime number in the U.S. that is illegal to physically possess.
Z8W1Y TIL 10 US military installations are named after Confederate soldiers, including Fort Benning, Fort Bragg, & Fort Lee.
nen7r TIL the "fresh is best" culture led consumers to wrongly see frozen produce as lower quality. It turns out frozen fruit & veg are equally nutritious. The freezing process slows nutrient loss which occurs after harvesting. Researchers found no real nutritional differences overall.