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TIL some birds have tiny magnetic particles in their beaks.

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1alj4 TIL about the heroism of Teddy Sheean, of the Australian navy. During WW2, his ship was torpedoed, and Japanese planes shot at survivors in the sea. Sheean strapped himself to an antiaircraft gun on the sinking ship and fired at the planes, downing at least one. He was still firing as he drowned.
v1AyK TIL that the reason Yukon Cornelius keeps licking his ax in the "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" special is because he's looking for peppermint. The scene explaining that was deleted.
wL6RE TIL any former President of the US not removed from office will have a lifetime of perks including pensions and Secret Service protection.
0dWQM TIL Old typewriters have no exclamation point! They typed an apostrophe ' over a period .
M706V TIL that the Africans in Bolivia, descended of slaves, have a king officially recognized by Bolivia