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TIL of the “megapode,” a species of bird so physically mature at birth that they already have flight feathers and can take off within hours of hatching.

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51x8 TIL the US spent an estimated 50,000 rounds of M-16 ammo per enemy kill during the Vietnam War.
bnBa TIL that around Christmas time in 1959, a man killed his wife with a hammer, beat his daughter, and then drank acid. The house has been uninhabited since although the Christmas tree still stands and wrapped presents still sit on a table.
nMmB TIL the most decorated enlisted man in the British Army in WWI was a conscientious objector who never fired a single shot. He was a stretcher bearer who won the Victoria cross for charging into fire unarmed and carrying out 3 wounded men on his back
e0pLL TIL that Thomas Jefferson believed mastodons still lived somewhere in the West and instructed Lewis and Clark to look for one
xm6w TIL in 2015, a report found 100+ Walmart products labeled “Made in the USA” that are actually made elsewhere.