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TIL All Fruit Loops taste the same regardless of color.

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vm9x TIL that the Honeyguide bird leads humans (and other large mammals) to beehives. Once the hive is broken and the human has removed the honey, the bird can feed on the beeswax and larvae.
m1EO TIL there is a neurological condition that gives one “an uncontrollable tendency to pun.”
7JJr TIL that an arm and a leg are worth $323,099 on average in the USA.
b9wwp TIL that the nuclear warning systems for both US and Russia aim to detect a nuclear weapons before they hit the target so that a retaliation can be launched before their own weapons are destroyed. The system has given at least 22 false alarms which could have caused a nuclear war.
9gEp TIL in Let it Be “Mother Mary” refers to Mary McCartney , Paul’s mother who died when he was 14. She would stop fights between Paul and his brother by telling them “Let it be, boys”. When it was written , the Beatles were constantly fighting with each other so Paul remembered his mother’s words