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TIL that LED headlights are illegal if they're not original equipment

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rRxVd TIL that Marlon Brando improvised the orange peel scene in the Godfather Part 1. Coppola revealed: "“[Brando] said, ‘Here’s how I play with kids,’ and took an orange peel, cut it into pieces that looked like fangs and slipped them into his mouth.”
BrBwD TIL In the Strepsiptera the forewings evolved into halteres while, in the Diptera, the hindwings changed into halteres. Halteres have evolved at least seven times in insects, and in most cases it is known to be associated with improved manoeuvering in flight.
YpVpd TIL "Chicken Sexism" - Over 45 million male chicks are slaughtered every year in Germany alone as they are considered useless in modern poultry farming.
OGAn7 TIL that in June 2015, astronomers led by David Sobral from Lisbon discovered a galaxy which they named Cosmos Redshift 7 (CR7) in tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo
4XrQR TIL: the infamous fleeing of "a million Vietnamese from communism" in 1954 was actually the result of a CIA propaganda campaign of "God has gone South"