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TIL snakes can fly. They undulate their body to stay stable in the air.

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1O8X TIL The Nation of Islam believe that white people were invented as an evil race by a scientist named Yakub, 6,600 years ago. The experiment also produced ‘red, yellow and brown’ people. Some of the white people Yakub created ultimately became gorillas.
eVwb TIL A grown man hunted down and attacked a child who killed him several time in Call of Duty
78AQZ TIL of the Isochrone Curve - a shape with unique properties. If you drop two balls along the curve at different points, they will reach the midpoint at exactly the same time.
LBMQ TIL that The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is the world’s largest single machine and it crosses the border between Switzerland and France at four points, with most of it in France.
xVJR7 TIL Le Pétomane was a French professional farter. His act involved sound effects of cannon fire and thunderstorms, as well as playing "'O Sole Mio" and "La Marseillaise" on an ocarina through his anus. He could also blow out a candle yards away. His audience included royalty and Sigmund Freud.