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TIL ostriches have very long intestines, measuring 46 feet

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j6V7X TIL about Roberto Suarez Gomez, “King of Cocaine. Roberto was considered the biggest producer of cocaine in Bolivia and supplier to the Medellín cartel. He was a descendent of the Suárez brothers: who enslaved and exploited natives to collect rubber. Roberto only served 7 years in jail.
Z8LOp TIL that Costa Rica, Chile and Uruguay are all more democratic than America, Japan and the Netherlands.
j6AMN TIL Canada geese eggs are "aborted" by coating the eggs with corn oil for population control. Simply removing or destroying the eggs will just result in the geese laying more eggs
8a48K TIL NASA tried to get Big Bird to go on a space shuttle mission to inspire kids, and he would have died if he did (in the Challenger space shuttle disaster).
v1wwj TIL the Lo-Fi girl video was a livestream, and that it had been running for 1.5 years before the channel got suspended in error, creating the longest running YT video