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

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pYObe TIL that a concussion doesn’t always cause unconsciousness. Most people never pass out. They may describe seeing all white, all black, or stars.
b6nlN TIL Ethnically Thai women in Vietnam wear motorcycle helmets specifically adapted for their traditional hairstyle.
8eLpV TIL that when filming The Dark Knight on LaSalle St in Chicago, they actually flipped an entire semi-truck using TNT
kJ4d TIL a ferry sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994. The ship and 852 passengers are still at the bottom of the sea, and it’s illegal to dive to it.
16e5V TIL of the YE-ZB radio navigation equipment. It was used during WW2 by the US Navy aircraft like the hellcat and corsair to find their way home to their aircraft carriers. It worked by emitting morse code the pilot could use to determine course, with intensity corresponding to distance.