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TIL A New Bird Species “Big Bird” Has Evolved on Galapagos And Scientists Watched It Happen

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oBnEK TIL that shortly before the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese government sent its declaration of war to its embassy in America. However, the message was so long and confusingly worded that by the time the embassy had it decoded and translated, the attack had already finished.
QXwE TIL that a war refugee from Montenegro came to New York and began working at Columbia University as a janitor. He used Columbia’s tuition remission for employees to earn a bachelor’s degree in classics. It took him twelve years.
6EEZJ TIL that pipe organ introduction to George Michael’s “Faith” is the same tune as Wham’s “Freedom.”
QNDe9 TIL about Kummakivi, a large balancing rock in Ruokolahti, Finland.
MeAAa TIL: Sunflower seeds contain about 24 to 27% protein, only slightly less than an equal weight of ground beef. Furthermore, sunflower seeds contain about twice the iron and potassium and about 4 times the phosphorus of beef.