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TIL that during the 16th and 17th century the majority of people believed Birds of Paradise lived in the skies and fed only on air and dew.

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Mek9K TIL of ancient Egyptian king Psamtik's experiment to discover the origin of human language. He forbade anyone to speak to two infants. Their gibberish sounded like Phrygian, which Psamtik concluded to be the origin of language. Phrygian emerged in the 8th century BC;2000 years after ancient Egyptian
oBRjW TIL during the Hungarian revolution (against the Soviets), the Hungarians cut out the communist seal from their flag. This Hungarian flag with a hole in the center became a symbol of the revolution.
7ravM TIL the Challenger crew, most if not all, were probably alive until impact with the ocean. A lead NASA investigator said of the commanding pilot, "Scob fought for any and every edge to survive. He flew that ship without wings all the way down."
Jl9m TIL that Paul McCartney elected not to tell his wife Linda, as her cancer progressed, that she was dying, thinking that doing so wouldn’t do any good; she continued riding her horse until the day before her death.
KYmR TIL that black mamba venom contains a better pain killer than morphine.