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TIL that when a woodpecker hammers away, their tongue retreats into its skull wrapping itself around the brain protecting it from the shocks

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awxYL TIL: Sailors in the Royal Navy would receive a measure of grog (1 part rum, 2 parts water) everyday. The glasses they used were then washed on the outside, but never washed inside, in the belief that residue of past grogs would stick to the side of the glass and make the next grog even stronger!
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4k9NJ TIL that the song "I've Been Everywhere" originally used Australian places instead of American ones
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