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TIL Woodpeckers have two toes facing forward and two toes facing backward to help them cling to trees. They’re called zygodactile feet.

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Ky19 TIL that Apollo lunar rover missions had a “walkback limit” on travel distance so that astronauts would still have time to walk back to the lander if the rover broke down
OGk17 TIL of the "Mad Piper" Bill Millin, the only bagpiper to land on the beach in Normandy. While men fell around him, he played his pipes throughout the battle. A group of captured German snipers was asked why they hadn't shot him. They replied that they thought he'd gone insane and felt bad for him.
5XQP TIL that last year, Israel passes law banning use of underweight models…revolutionary for the fashion industry
bAlQ TIL of “Mr. Duging” - a man who was killed and eaten by wolves while hunting in Michigan in January of 1885. He had shot and killed 13 wolves and was found with a single round left in his Winchester rifle.
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