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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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x690b TIL before Ford discontinued the Fiesta, they made more profit from licensing LEGO than from the compact car.
vP8KL TIL that Aerosmith generated higher revenue from the video game "Guitar Hero" than from any single album in their discography.
6EgeX TIL that George RR Martin is a big fan of football, but not of Coach Belichick and the Patriots. In "A Dance with Dragons", he even references the 2007 Superbowl where the Patriots fell after a perfect season to the Giants, naming a character "Belichio" who gets eaten by giants.
DQxDr TIL in 1993, in order to reduce the media attention and law enforcement pressure brought on by drive-by shootings, the Mexican Mafia prison gang in California declared they would kill any gang member sent to prison for a drive-by.
vPXw4 TIL that during Billy Idol’s cover version of Mony Mony, fans chant "Hey, motherfcker… get laid get fcked!", which led to the song being banned at high school dances across America