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TIL that redheads need more anesthesia during surgery and produce their own vitamin D.

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QX09 TIL coconut crabs are suspected of hiding Amelia Earhart’s remains.
N7vO6 TIL a Canadian goose vs. bald eagle fight was caught on camera at a campground in British Columbia. The goose was pinned under the eagle's talons looking lifeless but scooted out, flew into a pond; the eagle pursued but the goose went underwater. The eagle then retreated to watch from a tree perch.
EY8W TIL that during the 1913 Tour de France, riders could have no outside help repairing their bicycles. The race leader at one point had his front fork break, so he trekked 10 km to a blacksmith where he repaired them himself. He was penalized 3 minutes for allowing a child to work the bellows.
LQ7QZ TIL that in 1991 in County Durham, England, a TV crew was filming a confrontation between council officials and a land owner, when the land owner shot and killed a council planning officer. The TV reporter also got shot in the arm and a police officer got shot in the thigh.
m17P TIL that a chain falls faster if it hits onto a table than if it free falls because it pulls itself.