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TIL Cassowaries are the largest native vertebrate in the Australian rainforests! And a bonus: Sept 26 is World Cassowary Day!

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b6Xl4 TIL Director Robert Altman conceived of the idea for 3 Women (1977) while his wife was being treated in a hospital.he had a dream in which he was directing a film starring Shelley Duvall and Sissy Spacek in.He woke up mid-dream, jotted notes on a pad,and went back to sleep, receiving more details.
nWvYY TIL The lighter was invented before the match
0kPA TIL Americas first public crucifixion will take place tomorrow
OoxdR TIL Evidence for social hunting in Raptor Dinosaurs is basically nonexistent. Scientists believe they behaved closer to crocodiles rather than wolves as is widely accepted.
WkWJN TIL Chuck Yeager enlisted as private, was an aircraft mechanic before becoming a pilot, got shot down over France but escaped, had 11.5 aerial victories, broke the sound barrier and multiple speed records as a test pilot, and retired from the US Air Force after 34 years as a brigadier general.