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TIL: All birds have extra eyelids

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G6B4 TIL that some Chinese farmers use plastic molds to sculpt pears into the likeness of Buddhas.
gM8v8 TIL That Golden Gaytime, a popular Australian ice cream treat, has the slogan "It's hard to have a Gaytime on your own".
AnQw TIL that the English lyrics for the classic Christmas carol “Deck the Halls” were originally “fill the meadcup, drain the barrel” and not “don we now our gay apparel”.
jNRXj TIL about Nannie Doss, an American serial killer responsible for the deaths of eleven people between the 1920s and 1954. Also referred to as the "Giggling Granny". It was revealed that she had killed four husbands, two children, her two sisters, her mother, a grandson, and a mother-in-law.
e0KOb TIL that the Golden Records on the Voyager probes includes copyrighted material that aliens will be able to access and use completely for free, but we can't.