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TIL A woodpeckers tongue wraps around its head to prevent it from getting headaches when slamming its face into trees

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yxpl TIL The most successful pirate in history was a Chinese prostitute. Cheng I Sao commanded 80,000 sailors & a fleet bigger than most country’s navies, which is why the government had to give up and offer her a truce. She retired with her loot & opened a gambling house before passing away peacefully.
m57Y TIL that Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour paid for the demo tape which launched the 16 year old Kate Bush’s career.
RNoa TIL Walking Dead’s Michonne had her origin story published in Playboy explaining who the two chained up walkers she kept as pets were.
QNGVE TIL that a teenager in Manchester, suffering from depression, created multiple fake online identities to persuade his best friend to attempt to murder him. Following his survival of the attack, he became the first person in UK history to face charges for inciting their own murder.
PVdL TIL John Wayne was in his hotel room, below Frank Sinatra’s, who was having a party. The noise kept Wayne up so he went to his room and yelled at him. A guard came saying, “Nobody talks to Sinatra that way.” Wayne slapped the man and knocked him out by breaking a chair on top of him. The noise ended