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TIL that birds have a bellybutton.

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woP41 TIL That the slot in slot in the back of medicine cabinets in older homes was to dispose of used flat razor blades and fall down into the wall
Mrla TIL that the 2 ancient cities in China were drowned in 1959 by a man-made lake and were forgotten about until discovered in 2001 by a tourist diving company. The cities remain intact and in good condition.
dDvmQ TIL that in 1885 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used 300,000 pounds of explosives to annihilate Flood Rock island in New York City's East River as part of clearing Hell Gate for safer navigation. It's been described as "the largest planned explosion before testing began for the atomic bomb".
4kDRX TIL Actor Miguel Ferrer (Bob Morton in Robocop) was a drummer on Keith Moon's album Two Faces of Moon.
8G7b TIL over 6,000 Americans go to the emergency room for injuries opening plastic packaging