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TIL the world’s highest flying bird is the Rüppell's Vulture with a confirmed altitude of over 37,000 ft (11,300 m)

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e0rbD TIL only 5 films have won the Academy Award for Best Picture without being nominated for Best Director. The Green Book (2018) Argo (2012), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Grand Hotel (1932), and Wings (1927).
mYkE TIL that polar bears are obsessive about keeping clean. Following mealtime, they will spend 15-20 minutes grooming themselves, making sure there is no dirt or residue left on them that may interfere with the insulating properties of their fur.
p8Kye TIL that Sagittarius A* - the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way - has a mass 4 million times that of our Sun, but a diameter only 31 times the Sun's. It is so dense that it could fit in the space between the Earth and the Sun, but can attract things 50k light years away.
l7jJN TIL Japanese and Korean people refer to staplers as the "Hotchkiss" (ho-chi-ki-s[e]u) because staplers were first imported to the region in the early 20th century by the E.H. Hotchkiss Company
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