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TIL cardinals molt and completely lose their head feathers every year

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VMYe0 TIL that 4 hippos from drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s private zoo have multiplied into as many as 50 roaming free in Colombia as the largest invasive species in the world.
KOGx9 TIL of the Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, which expunges the misconception that donating "expired" foods may result in lawsuit if someone gets sick from eating it.
KOQeQ TIL the food in Alcatraz Prison was so good that the guards and prison staff ate the same exact meals as the prisoners. This was because the warden believed most trouble in prison is caused by bad food.
N7lPE TIL that a permit was denied for the production crew of "The Sopranos" to film the episode "Pine Barrens" at South Mountain Reservation by Essex County, New Jersey Executive James Treffinger, due to the show depicting Italians as corrupt, Treffinger was later convicted and imprisoned for corruption
6ErG7 TIL about the Battle of Cannae, in which the Carthaginian general, Hannibal crushed a Roman Republic army, resulting in an estimated loss of 55,000 - 70,000 men for the Romans, and is considered one of the most significant battles in history.