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TIL that baby owls sleep down on their stomach because their heads are too heavy. They do that until they are large enough to sleep upright.

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R7p5j TIL that when glasses for nearsightedness began to appear in the 15th Century, because they were unusual and rare they were seen as having magical powers, and people who wore glasses were thought to be in league with the devil.
LkeRd TIL the famous horror genre actor Vincent Price is a direct descendant of Peregrine White, the first white child born in Colonial Massachusetts.
OGyRg TIL Women die 17% more than men in car crashes. And counting frontal car crashes the injury rate is also 73% higher.
o9YA TIL that when a 10 year old girl with cancer was too sick to see UP in theaters, Pixar flew out a DVD and a Pixar employee to her home for a private screening. She died 7 hours later.
JKw4 TIL dogs have a bacteria on their paws that make them smell like corn chips, which is commonly referred to as “Frito Feet.”