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TIL a flamingo escaped captivity in 1988, found refuge in the Great Salt Lake, and lived wild in Utah for almost 20 years

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Egb8x TIL after The Wizard of Oz, 40 books were written that are "canon" to the land of Oz, plus many others
ENw7 TIL that seven states in the US ban atheists from holding public office. Which is unconstitutional, but still on the books.
EpDx TIL that the opposite of paranoia is called Pronoia - believing in the existence of a conspiracy to help the person.
moXy TIL - Evolutionary psychologists suggest that rounded buttocks may have evolved as a desirable trait because they provide a visual indication of the woman’s youth and fertility. They signal the presence of estrogen and the presence of sufficient fat stores for pregnancy and lactation.
b90W9 TIL: Medieval scribes would frequently scribble complaints in the margins of books as they copied them, as their work was so tedious. Recorded complaints range from “As the harbor is welcome to the sailor, so is the last line to the scribe.”, to “Oh, my hand.” and, "A curse on thee, O pen!"