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TIL that birds' beaks are not a solid, exposed bone, but instead are a bony structure covered in translucent living tissue that can change color at different times of the year, when they are breeding, or based on their diet/health.

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Y7a9A TIL that in 2020, the UK imported 46% of the food it consumed.
NXgxE TIL that Costco loses $30 to $40 million per year selling $4.99 rotisserie chickens. It is a loss leader, which draws customers who will hopefully purchase other items.
4XLob TIL that the French have been building a castle for 20 years using medieval techniques and building material, anyone can participate in the project, which will be completed in 2023.
Mv4m TIL of whataboutism, a propaganda tactic used in the Soviet Union to discredit critics. When a criticism was posed, they would respond with “What about…” followed by an event from the western world.
AD41n TIL that the small "climbing boys" who were forced up chimneys to clean them sometimes had fires lit underneath them deliberately to encourage them to climb if they were reluctant, and would sometimes get caught in the flames and burn to death