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TIL a chicken named Mike lived for 18 months without a head after a botched beheading in 1945

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Bndy TIL there is a hotel in Japan that opened in 705 AD and has been operated by 52 generations of the same family to this day
gMd8y TIL that after being told a jet powered car can run on anything that burns, the President of Mexico rode it running on tequila.
rjNd TIL that Jews believe God has a 72 letter name that allows the speaker supernatural powers. This name allowed Moses to part the Red Sea
PYD7E TIL that beached whales can die by their skeleton collapsing under their own weight, causing the ribs to compress and subsequent asphyxiation
b9d84 TIL about 'the Tridge', a three legged wooden footbridge that spans the confluence of the Chippewa and Tittabawassee Rivers in Chippewassee Park in Midland, Michigan. The three legs span out to Chippewassee Park, St. Charles Park and the Farmer's Market areas.