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TIL the Alpine swift can stay in flight for over 6 months without landing once.

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v1QJ4 TIL that during the filming of Candyman (1992), director Bernard Rose employed a hypnotist to put lead actress Virginia Madsen into a genuine trance during portions of the film
WnQN TIL about the Dyatlov Pass Incident, in which 9 hikers died. They “tore out” of their tents at night in sub-zero temps. 4 died of hypothermia, 3 had fractured skulls, 1 had brain damage but no physical trauma, and 1 had her eyes and tongue removed. Their deaths remain a mystery.
Oov7X TIL that there is a tribe in Papua New Guinea which has ritualized homosexuality and semen ingestion practice with boys
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