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TIL cardinals molt and completely lose their head feathers every year

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mxypE TIL that there are many scientific names for water such as dihydrogen monoxide (subject of a famous hoax), oxidane, hydrohydroxic acid, hydric acid, hydrogen oxide, hydrol, and hydrogen hydroxide. Most of these names are not widely used, but are technically correct.
5YavD TIL: A 150-foot-deep Texas sinkhole discovered in 1821 became a mass grave in the Civil War era. Bodies of 5 to 36 accused Union sympathizers and postwar supporters of the Reconstruction were dumped in after lynching or other summary execution. In 1999 Dead Mans Hole became part of public parkland.
j65mj TIL An endling is the last known individual of a particular species or subspecies. After the endling the species becomes extinct, never to walk the earth again. The first known use of the word endling occurred in an issue of the scientific journal Nature on April 4,1996.
e0LpE TIL John Cleese refused a knighthood honor as he said the naming of a species of Wooly lemur (Avahi cleesei) was a greater honor.
Pake TIL that Martha Stewart’s prison nickname was M. Diddy