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TIL that Hummingbirds have such a high metabolism that they are always hours away from starving to death

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R7vN1 TIL about Valor 1 and Valor 2. Two male bald eagles that shared a nest and a partner and have successfully raised eaglets after their partner left.
nenAG TIL undercover officers from two different precincts tried to arrest each other in a drug sting. Both precincts had undercover officers as drug dealers/buyers and didn't know about each other. When they tried to deal each other drugs, guns were drawn and a fight started as both claimed to be police.
4XgeX TIL that a woman in Scotland had frequent nosebleeds that she believed were due to a motorbike crash. A month later, while in shower, she discovered that it was actually because of a 3 inch long leech living in her nostril.
LQeEp TIL about the 1822 massacre on the Greek island of Chios by Ottoman empire troops that killed up to 50,000 people
MaKB TIL that the creator of the floppy disk, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, would routinely almost drown himself in order to spur creativity.