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TIL that hummingbirds are the only birds capable of flying backwards.

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GKl4 TIL Mohammad said in Quran “You don’t praise my god, and I don’t praise your god. Keep your gods to yourselves, and I’ll keep mine to myself”
aEoy TIL That Steven Hawking once held a party for time travelers, but sent the invitation out after the party ended.
5YnVQ TIL of Operation Merlin where the CIA carried out a plan to send Iran flawed blueprints to a nuclear bomb in order to delay their nuclear program. They sent the blueprints by way of a defected Russian nuclear scientist who noticed the flaws and included proposed corrections to Iran.
9gQp TIL of Helga Estby, who walked across America in 1896 to win $10,000 to save her family’s farm. When she arrived in NYC, the sponsor refused to pay out. She returned to her home to find that two of her children had died during her trip. She then lost the home.
KYJlG TIL the worker who loaded the hazardous materials onto ValuJet 592, causing a fire and crash, is still wanted by the FBI (Reward)