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TIL there are moths that feed on the tears of sleeping birds.

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VDxD TIL of Blakely, an Australian shepherd that acts as a surrogate parent to rejected animals at the Cincinnati Zoo.
a8owy TIL that Neanderthals in Paleolithic Europe may have used Manganese Oxide powder as a fuel additive to add spark and heat to kindling for fires in the cold, subarctic climate of Central Europe. Manganese reduces the temperature needed to start a fire by 80-180 degrees Celsius.
W74aX TIL Panthers are not a separate species but the term given to melanistic variants of jaguars and leopards
oBe7E TIL that Sam Houston, the general who led Texas to victory in its war for independence from Mexico & who served as its president during its 10 years of independence, was removed from office as Governor of Texas when it seceded in 1861, after refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.
1yL4 TIL there is one reported incident of a midair collision of a 737 and a fish.