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TIL Avocados haven’t evolved in over a million years even though its original eaters are long extinct

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gM884 TIL Sexual imprinting occurs in falcons when raised by humans and if they need to breed, falconers will wear a special semen collecting hat and allow a male falcon to mate with their head. The falconers then 'court' a female imprinted falcon and impregnate her by injecting the semen into her cloaca.
E1L1V TIL about Jack Churchill, who fought on D-Day with a longbow and a broadsword. He announced his presence with bagpipes.
VKwQ TIL that the last letter added to the alphabet was J
1akGV TIL that there used to be a commercial project to establish a permanent manned base on the Moon called the Artemis Project.
GYkN4 TIL the rarest credit card in the world, the American Express Centurion card, is invitation only, has a $5k initiation fee, a $2.5k annual fee, no credit limit, and is made of titanium.