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TIL about Mike the Headless Chicken (1945-1947) that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off, which was confirmed by University of Utah. The axe removed most of the head but missed the jugular, leaving an ear and some of the brain stem intact. He was kept alive feeding via eyedropper.

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99gp TIL there are actually seven different types of Kryptonite in the Superman comics universe causing different reactions, including Pink Kryptonite that makes Kryptonians like Superman gay.
grLy8 TIL In 1976, Ray Kurzweil unveiled the first reading machine for the blind, using optical character recognition and text-to-speech technology. After hearing about it on The Today Show, Stevie Wonder became its first user and a lifelong supporter.
BYRD TIL: There’s an anime and manga in Japan called Saint Young Men, which is about Jesus and Buddha living as roommates in Tokyo while taking a vacation on Earth and attempting to understand Japanese society.
4bv5 TIL the GPS coordinates that lead to Walt’s buried money in BREAKING BAD actually, in real life lead to ABQ studios in Albuquerque NM where BREAKING BAD was filmed. They wanted to be sure the coordinates didn’t lead to somewhere people might go think there could be buried treasure.
ag6J TIL The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle has an air-to-air kill ratio of 98 to 1, the only air-to-air loss in 40 years of operation was a Saudi Arabian Air Force F-15 believed to have been shot down by an Iraqi Mig-25 during Operation Desert Shield/Storm in 1991.