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TIL The Dodo bird was actually a giant pigeon. It grew and lost it’s ability to fly due to Island Gigantism.

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4xdJ TIL when the Nazis designated the Beer Hall Putsch site as “sacred” and made it compulsory for citizens to do the Nazi salute when passing-by, as a form of passive resistance, people would take a detour alley that is nicknamed “Shirker’s Lane”, bypassing the beer hall completely.
P1YPJ TIL that the blow-fly of East and Central Africa, commonly infects humans by laying its eggs on wet clothes, left out to dry and a good way to prevent the transfer to a person's skin, is to iron all clothes including underwear, which kills the eggs/larvae.
AdWg TIL that when Robin Williams was asked to take a seat during his audition for the role of Mork, he immediately sat on his head on the chair. He was cast on the spot.
v14XK TIL that Avatar The Last Airbender’s episode, “Lake Laogai” was inspired by China’s “Laogai System” in the 1950s. The Communist Party detained those deemed disruptive to political stability to transform them to conform to socialist ideals through forced labor and political indoctrination.
W7g9d TIL Jessica Alba’s mother is of French-Danish heritage, while her father is from Mexican-Indian and Spanish lineage.