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TIL that the Amazon River is both undammed and unbridged along its entire length

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OG74R TIL that superheroes have a history of kicking nazi butt.
GeVG TIL the tallest statue in the US is the Statue of Liberty. The second tallest statue in the US is of Pegasus slaying a dragon at a horse track in Florida.
kObnB TIL "Happy Birthday To You" was created by a kindergarten teacher Patty Hill and her sister Mildred in 1912. It is the most recognized song in the English language. By one estimate, the song is the highest-earning single song in history.
vGBR TIL that cats (mainly female) bring you dead animals such as mice because they don’t think you could have caught one on your own, all to teach you their hunting wisdom under natural instinct
a8YOA TIL of RAS syndrome, the act of appending a word to the end of an abbreviated term that already exists at the tail of it. e.g. ATM (automated teller machine) machine, PIN (personal identification number) number and amusingly, RAS (redundant acronym syndrome) syndrome