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TIL There are no hummingbirds in Hawaii and never will be thanks to pineapples

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Br75K TIL Steve Carell was nominated six consecutive times for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at the Emmys for his work on The Office, and never won.
X70D TIL That in January of 1982 a plane struck the 14th street bridge in DC. Among the many heroes that day, Lenny Skutnik dove into the icy water to save a survivor, swam 30 feet to get her and carried her to the shore. Both survived
Ypdvr TIL That Cannabis and Frankincense were discovered at the "holy of holies" of a shrine at Tel Arad in the Beer-sheba Valley, Israel.
9YErB TIL NYC closed 14th street to private cars which led to improved traffic times and more bike ridership
N7QvE TIL in Japan ~%99 of people are cremated. After cremation, the family uses chopsticks to transfer the bones out of the ash and into an urn. This is the ONLY time is acceptable to pass anything from chopsticks to chopsticks. Doing such outside of a funeral can remind bystanders of a recent funeral.