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TIL Hummingbirds get their iridescent colors from microscopic "air-filled pancakes" in their feathers.

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yQOGa TIL that director George Romero's first job was on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. After viewing Dawn of the Dead, Mr. Rogers told Romero that it was "a lot of fun".
rG5W TIL Louis CK spent an entire radio interview asking Donald Rumsfeld if he’s a lizard from space.
MNAa TIL Mars’s largest moon, Phobos, is one third hollow. Which once led some to believe it was artificial in origin.
kJlr5 TIL the "stuntman" in the James Bond 'Live and Let Die' crocodile jump scene was actually the owner of the farm. He did it in 5 takes.
9Y0Qr TIL that when a jury convicted Jane Wenham of witchcraft in 1712, due to witnesses accusing her of flying on a broomstick and bewitching servants, the sceptical judge refused to execute her and instead sought a royal pardon, noting that there was “no law against flying.”