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TIL that Hummingbirds use spider silk when making their nests.

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KOXAQ TIL that the alien in Alien was played by a Nigerian man named Bolaji Badejo. He died of sickle cell anemia in 1992, at the age of 39.
vPXR TIL- MIT lists course work (lecture notes, graphics, powerpoint) for over 2100 courses. Did I mention its all FREE?
rEye TIL “freeway” Rick Ross was a cocaine kingpin in 1980’s Los Angeles, at one point making 2-3 million dollars a week. The kicker? He was illiterate and his cocaine supplier was the CIA, who sold cocaine to illegally finance the Nicaraguan Contras.
7rMwZ TIL of Axel von dem Bussche who was chosen to model a new winter uniform in front of Hitler in 1943. He had planned to hug Hitler then detonate a landmine in his pocket, killing the both of them. The plan fell through when a traincar carrying the uniforms was destroyed by the Allies.
1aLWd TIL I learned that the slang words crap or crapper did not come from Thomas Crapper, a toilet pioneer.