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Til that some woodpeckers will drink out of hummingbird feeders

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gO6D TIL there’s a man who ran nonstop for 135 miles in 120F degrees across death valley, a marathon in the South Pole in -40F and did 50 marathons in 50 days in all 50 states
OoQpa TIL about shot towers, formerly used to produce projectiles for shotguns. Molten lead was dropped from the top of the tower and into a bucket of water at the bottom, and the force from the fall formed spherical shots.
Mey9m TIL Nazis kidnapped “Aryan-looking” children from across Europe and brought them back to Germany for indoctrination.
kJ4lm TIL that Window AC Units don’t bring in outside air but instead recycle indoor air and dump heat out their backs
b671E TIL that Drew Barrymore's family heritage (The Barrymores) had been acting since the 1800's.