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TIL hummingbirds, numbering about 340 species, are only found in the wild in North and South America. There are birds that drink nectar in Africa and Asia, and they are also small and colorful like hummingbirds, but they are called sunbirds.

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Brlwk TIL that the world's largest film studio is Hengdian Studios, in China. Basically a city of permanent full-scale replicas of palaces, fortresses, and towns from various periods of China's history. Whole populations of nearby towns are often employed to be extras for period dramas & fantasy movies.
J1Qe4 TIL that Wendy Carlos, famous synthesizer pioneer (Kubricks Clockwork Orange), is no more publishing her work. Her music has gone out of print for years and is no more licensed, thus it can not really be found on Spotify, YouTube etc. And here i was wondering, why theres only 10 songs on Spotify.
mxDKO TIL of the Metropolitan Sepulchre - A 19th century proposal to build a pyramid in London that would have covered 18 acres, had the capacity for 5 million bodies and at 94 stories and 1500 feet would have been taller than the Empire State Building!
Z8gkD TIL that there's a Japanese political party that's solely dedicated to abolishing the current mandatory payment of subscription fees to NHK, national broadcasting agency. It's called the Party to Protect the People from the NHK.
6EVYW TIL The Florida panhandle once accounted for 2/3 of lost limb claims in the U.S. due the common practice of taking out multiple insurance policies and then maiming oneself