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TIL That the barn owl is the most widespread landbird species in the world, occurring on every continent except Antarctica.

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vpax TIL a Peruvian football club tried to avoid relegation by moving their stadium to one of the highest cities in the world, so their opponents would suffer from altitude sickness. Oh, and their nickname was “Los Wankeros”.
YXdZ TIL in 2013 there’s going to be a comet so bright that it may be visible during daylight hours.
jdxQ TIL that One World Trade Center makes strange eerie sounds when the wind passes, making New Yorkers believe it to be haunted by the victims of 9/11.
D1Vgj TIL about the Proto-Indo-European motif of 'Chaoskampf', depicting a battle between a cultural deity and a 'chaos monster', often in the shape of a serpent/dragon. Nearly all Indo-European mythologies contain a version of it, and the protagonist is usually associated with thunder in some aspect.
RA0a TIL that during World War II the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles merged into one team due to a shortage of players. They were known as the “steagles.”