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TIL A wood peckers tongue wraps all the way around its skull

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MeJYB TIL of Vesta Stoudt. During World War 2, she came up with the idea for duct tape at her factory job. After her supervisors rejected the idea, she wrote president Roosevelt, he liked the idea and gave the letter to the War Production Board
VB08Z TIL people aren't crazier in Florida. The stories are, at least in part, a result of Florida's arrest transparency laws.
x6jVD TIL there’s a mineral named after Cummington, MA, USA, called “cummingtonite” which was discovered near Cummington in 1824
kJGye TIL the Nuremberg Trials executioner lied to the US Military about his prior experience. He botched a number of hangings prior to Nuremberg. The Nuremberg criminals had their faces battered bloody against the too-small trapdoor and were hung from short ropes, with many taking over 10 minutes to die.
WkvdN TIL of Nyotaimori, the Japanese practice of eating sushi off naked women