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TIL: Hummingbirds continue to learn new songs and can adapt older songs throughout their lifetimes.

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woOmW TIL a cave pool in Death Valley called Devil’s Hole experiences a “desert tsunami” when high magnitude earthquakes occur even thousands of miles away, risking endangering the pupfish species which exist nowhere on earth but this cave in heart of one of the most dry deserts on earth.
m1NER TIL of the longest tail-back in history — cars moved at 2 miles per day
LZLp TIL there is a type of ice that only forms on rotting wood, and is created thanks to a fungus. It is called hair ice, and resembles white, silky hair.
wLvKP TIL the five-dot pattern commonly found on six-sided dice is called a Quincunx.
VBlXm TIL Woody Harrelson’s father was a Hitman and convicted murderer who once claimed to have assassinated JFK.