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TIL an archaic term for the kestrel was windfucker

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nWkL7 TIL about the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme, which seeks to preserve the "documentary heritage" of humanity. Included are archives for: cuneiform tablets, the Battle of the Somme, records of smallpox eradication, Beethoven's Ninth, and so much more.
jNY9M TIL When the Eagles broke up in 1980, Don Henley said in an interview that they would play again together “when Hell freezes over.” 14 years later, the Eagles released their comeback album, Hell Freezes Over.
QNKe9 TIL that originally celsius degrees were meant to be reversed with water boiling at zero degrees and freezing at 100
Omy6 TIL that “MAS*H” audiences were so upset that character Col. H. Blake was killed when his plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan that actor McLean Stevenson appeared in a skit on The Cher Show afterwards in a lifeboat saying, “I’m OK! I’m OK!”
wKWY TIL there is a mushroom in Oregon that is the largest living organism in the world: it’s 2,400 years old, covers 3.4 square miles (8.4 square km) and spread primarily underground