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TIL that woodpeckers don't get their bills stuck in trees because they can move their top and bottom bill independently thus creating a tiny space between the end of their beak and the wood.

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oBJpr TIL vocal jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald was born with perfect pitch so precise that the band musicians she worked with would tune their instruments to her voice.
mxlrp TIL that there is a system where cows can choose when they are milked. The whole process is automated, customized for each cow, and has seen cows living 30% longer than those at farms that use traditional methods.
dMZ9 TIL that there are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
J1nLm TIL the belief that the two disasters involving the De Havilland Comet were caused by square passenger windows is a myth. The two planes involved actually used rectangular windows with rounded edges; and the "square windows" is actually the square cut-out for the ADF Antenna above the cockpit.
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