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TIL that woodpeckers avoid headaches by wrapping their tongues around their brains.

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lPV1 TIL that the ratio of CEO pay to average worker is 475:1 in the United States. It is 11:1 in Japan and 12:1 in Germany.
EgRnP TIL about the Dabous Giraffes petroglyphs, neolithic petroglyphs on the western side of the Aïr Mountains in north-central Niger. The carvings are 6 metres (20 ft) in height and consist of two giraffes carved between 6,000 and 8,000 years ago into the Dabous Rock with a great amount of details.
yGde TIL in the Middle Ages, chess pawns had individual names that represented the occupations of citizens.
Oopag TIL that Van Halen's "no brown M&Ms" clause was a way to make sure show promoters read the whole contract
j5mX TIL that mathematically there are more possible games of chess than there are atoms in the Observable Universe.