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TIL that baby owls sleep face down because their heads are too heavy.

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wLRL1 TIL among consultants, managers cannot tell the difference between employees who actually work 80 hours a week and those who just pretended to.
pY15A TIL in 1920, the New York Times mocked Robert Goddard for believing rockets could fly in space. In 1926, he proved them wrong by launching the first liquid-fueled rocket. In 1969, NYT finally apologized—just before the Moon landing.
oK1W TIL that many regions in the US, most recently being the state of Hawaii, have tried solving their homeless problem by providing one-way plane tickets out of the area.
8al9V TIL researchers trained pigeons to discriminate between paintings by Picasso and by Monet. They won the humorous Ig Nobel Prize in psychology for their work.
Br1Wd TIL the man who is credited with launching America’s fitness revolution and popularizing jogging’s health benefits died of a heart attack while jogging.