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TIL of the kākāpō—a nocturnal, flightless parrot that drags its face along the ground to navigate and has a mating ritual where the male digs a hole in a hill, lays down in it and makes loud noises all night until a female takes interest in him.

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dD7NB TIL about the biogenic carbon cycle. A natural cycle of carbon and methane being converted between plants, ruminants, soil, and the atmosphere.
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