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TIL a woodpeckers tongue is so long, it actually wraps around its skull providing further insulation to the brain in warding them from concussions

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6dRY TIL Napoleon liked the painting of Mona Lisa so much that he had it placed on his bedroom walls for several years before returning it to the Louvre.
6EMPQ TIL the chainsaw was invented to help during difficult childbirth; it would be used to cut away parts of the pelvis to make space for the baby.
p8ogQ TIL the curiously named US Navy ship, USS Bonhomme Richard, is actually a playful pseudonym for Ben Franklin. It was based on Franklin’s pen-name for his “Poor Richard’s Almanac”, and French for “good man”, due to his affinity for France.
oB86A TIL Tim Hortons originally used an apostrophe in its name, but it was dropped after it violated laws in Quebec governing the use of apostrophes.
1arw7 TIL that there is a "letter of last resort" on every trident nuclear submarine in the Royal Navy. They are hand written by the PM and destroyed unread every time a new PM is elected. They contain orders for an event where Britain is destroyed, but nobody will know what they are until that time comes