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TIL Pelagic birds can drink seawater: glands beneath their eyes draw out excess sodium and secrete a highly concentrated salt solution through the nose

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vADx TIL The smell of freshly cut grass is actually the scent that plants release when in distress.
BrE4W TIL Della Porta (1563) invented a method of writing secret messages inside eggs. Ink transferred from the shell to the boiled egg inside. The message could only be revealed when cracked and peeled
j6ADE TIL after directly adapting Ricky Gervais’ antagonistic boss from the British version of The Office for the first few episodes, they completely rewrote character of Michael Scott to be more likable for the American audience.
bQD7 TIL Alan Parsons (the audio engineer of Dark Side of the Moon) rejected Pink Floyd’s invitation to work as the audio engineer of “Wish You Were Here” and started Alan Parsons Project
VMoZ8 TIL that in the UK, over 100,000 knifes have been used to make a 26 foot sculpture of an angel to highlight the countries growing knife crime problem. All the knifes used in the statue had been confiscated by or surrendered to the police. The sculpture is called Knife Angel.