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TIL that mountain chickadees can change direction in mid-air in .03 seconds!

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5YLNQ TIL-The Choctaw fought in the American Civil War on the side of the Confederacy
KYo0R TIL Roy Benavidez, armed with a knife, went to assist a 12 man SF team who were surrounded by 1,000 NVA soldiers, and provided cover fire . After the battle he was evacuated, having 37 bayonet, bullet and shrapnel wounds, was presumed dead, and placed in a body bag, but was later found to be alive.
woodY TIL With flight director Gene Kranz, it took a $5 million campaign to restore the original Mission Control room at NASA Johnson Space Center in 2019, with thousands of backers from 25 countries. Flight control consoles were restored and wall displays were reactivated with Apollo-era projections
gMQXL TIL despite eating alone virtually every day, English writer and politician William Thomas Beckford would have his kitchens prepare food for 12 and then send the surplus food away.
nedOr TIL that the correlation between kids spending time indoors reading books and poor eyesight is due to Vitamin D deficiency.