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TIL There is a total of 184 birds in the 12 Days of Christmas.

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W7emo Today I learned that the Japanese built a large war memorial in Hong Kong during their brutal three year occupation during WW2
BrBvd TIL of Noah Wall, the boy who grew a new brain. During a pregnancy scan, doctors found out that Noah had only 2% of his brain intact. Despite this, amazingly, at 2 years old his 2% brain had grown into 80%. Noah’s development over the years has been like that of a normal child.
R5DJl TIL that a Kyoto graduate researcher tracked and charted the romantic lives of the Kyoto Aquarium penguins. His chart showed relationships akin to soap operaesque drama.
lop67 TIL of the Laconia Incident, in which a German U-Boat conducting rescue operations upon Allied troops was deliberately attacked by a US bomber.
Yp9xd TIL that "The Wizard" by Paul Hardcastle, which became the theme music for Top Of The Pops in the 80s, was ostensibly about 1970s kids character Catweazle, an 11th century Wizard who time-travels to the present day. The track samples dialogue from the show.