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TIL Lyrebirds are nature's masters of mimicry and are capable of imitating almost anything, even chainsaws and building sites.

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GLAj TIL that after a man disappeared his family was pressured into confessing that they killed him, cut him and fed him to the dogs. 4 years later in 2009 his car with his body still in it was found at the bottom of a river
OoDa4 TIL In 2016, a British man crowdfunded a ten hour film of paint drying in order to force the British Board of Film Classification to watch it, as part of a protest against it. This is due to independent filmmakers needing to pay £1,000 per submission in order to be certified. The film received a U.
grVg9 TIL that when America joined WW1 they set upon purging their language of German words, Sauerkraut became “liberty cabbage,” Hamburger was rechristened “liberty steak” and German measles became "liberty measles."
woMdW TIL there were subway lines that curved under the Berlin Wall during the communist occupation. Some stations on the East Berlin side became “ghost stations”—trains from West Berlin passed through them in eerie silence, but weren’t allowed to stop until after the Wall came down in 1989.
erZk TIL that above 19,200m (63,100ft) above sea level, the body hits the Armstrong limit. At this point you’ll suffocate to death no matter how much air you inhale because the liquid wetting your lungs to let you breathe will boil away at body temperature, and is a major reason for pressurised suits.