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TIL the Great Horned Owl can be as big as 2' tall with a 4'6" wingspan and still weigh only 5 pounds. Their talons have the crush strength of a German Shepherd's bite, about 300 lbs/sq inch, so they can break the spines of their prey.

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b95Nj TIL that back in Roman times they used to celebrate the new year in the month of the first harvest after winter, which was March. That makes March the first month of the year, and Sept Oct Nov and Dec indeed the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months.
dZYQ TIL Nokia is developing a method of harvesting radio-waves, which would recharge your phone while it’s on standby.
DXop TIL that in WWI the 369th Infantry Regiment spent 191 days under fire,never lost a man through capture, lost a trench or a foot of ground to the enemy, but was not allowed to march in the victory parade.
r6A1 TIL that a mountain Wyoming is almost 300 million years older than the rocks it rests on. It travelled over 25 miles
kJorm TIL that after Sam Cooke sang "A Change is Gonna Come" on The Tonight Show (Feb 7, 1964), the network lost the only recording of the performance. Cooke elected never to perform it again in his lifetime (he was murdered in Dec of '64), due to the song's complexity and ominous nature.