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TIL thay calamari is Rhode Island's state appetizer

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yQrve TIL white-crested helmetshrikes (Prionops plumatus) are native to sub-Saharan Africa. They build their nests collectively with bits of bark stripped off of trees binding them together with spider webs.The birds acquire these webs by flying through spider webs using their flared crests as collectors.
ANGg7 TIL There's a thought experiment called "Killing baby Hitler" which is sometimes compared to the trolley problem
loERB TIL about David Bamberger, a former fried chicken tycoon turned rancher that bought and restored 5,500 acres of the most badly damaged, overgrazed land in all of Texas, restored it completely and transformed it into a showpiece for environmental restoration.
EAjW TIL the bones of notorious Auschwitz doctor and SS officer Josef Mengele are used as a teaching aid in medical forensics classes at the University of São Paulo. They were originally exhumed in 1985 in order to confirm his death.
a8MAA TIL about English as She Is Spoke. Intended as a Portuguese-English translation guide, the author actually had no grasp of English. For help he used a Portuguese-French guide and then a French-English one. The resulting book is a hilarious trainwreck