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TIL that the last Great Auk egg ever was accidentally cracked in the struggle to strangle its parents

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Ja8l TIL the fastest red card in a football/soccer game was after 2 seconds for “foul language”. After the whistle to start the game Lee Todd said “Fuck me, that was loud”
Y9xx TIL The Chinese government “encouraged” the country’s tallest female basketball player to marry the country’s tallest man. Their child was Yao Ming.
B4BK TIL the reason rubbing alcohol burns when you put it on cuts is because exposed nerve cells in the cut that normally detect hot temperatures have their pain threshold lowered by alcohol - which causes our body temperature to cause a burning sensation.
1rrD TIL Danish pastries are called ‘Bread from Vienna’ in Denmark but 'Copenhagen pastries’ in Austria
KYvW6 TIL that several crew members onboard the Challenger space shuttle survived the initial breakup. It is theorized that some were conscious until they hit the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.