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TIL that a member of metal band ‘Pig Destroyer’ created a side project with a parrot as the lead vocalist. They had 3 EPs.

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NXnw6 TIL that a Swiss railroad is inside a mountain. Three of Jungfrau Railway's five stations are inside Jungfrau mountain. The last stop, Jungfraujoch, is so high (3,454m / 11,332') above sea level (but still inside the mountain) that it has a scientific observatory next to it.
gMjQW TIL Deadly heat is killing Americans: climate death toll rises after a decade of federal inaction | US news
BgWKr TIL in 1790, George Washington checked out (and never returned) two books from the New York Society Library, one of which was finally replaced, in 2010, by representatives of his estate at Mount Vernon
M7xVm TIL peanuts have more protein than any other nut.
WkNy9 TIL of an elephant sanctuary in Phuket, Thailand that is doing its best to stop the elephant riding tourist trade.