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TIL movie audiences blink in unison 30% of the time.

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j6ymM TIL that Cher Ami, a pigeon, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for her brave service in World War I. Despite being shot, blind in one eye, and severely injured, he successfully delivered an S.O.S. message for an encircled battalion.
GYPd4 TIL that famous stunt performer and daredevil Evel Knievel was about to die because he couldn't get a life-saving liver transplant. When he was literally going to die in his house he got a phonecall. There was a liver available from a young guy who just passed away... in a motorcycle accident.
8QrZ TIL Chocolate Diamonds are nothing more than unwanted diamonds just marketed well
QNJ7e TIL about Joseph of Cupertino, a Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian saint. He was prone to miraculous levitation. He was deemed disruptive by his superiors and church authorities, however, and eventually was confined to a small cell, forbidden from joining in any public gatherings.
W71j9 TIL the Chinese version of instagram is literally called ‘LittleRedBook’, a pun based on Facebook and Mao’s famous book of quotes.