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TIL cardinals molt and completely lose their head feathers every year

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wLbgE TIL The Blue Lagoon Is A Manmade Spa Located Within A Lava Field In Iceland Supplied By Water Used In The Nearby Geothermal Power Station, Also Known To Heal Diseases Such As Rheumatoid, Psoriasis & Psoriatic Arthritis.
yVoDp TIL that the brothers who founded Friendly's lived to 102 and 106, with the older brother having a copy of Monticello constructed to celebrate his 100th birthday
5V0lQ TIL that Mecca was laid siege in 1979 by a man who thought he was the prophesied Mahdi (the eschatological basis of Frank Herbert's Muad'Dib) and this attack triggered the conservative transformation away from liberal reforms, for Saudi culture, for decades.
bN1a TIL Albuterol, one of the oldest asthma medicines, typically costs $50 to $100 per inhaler in the United States, but it was less than $15 a decade ago, before it was repatented
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