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TIL that ostriches don't bury their heads in sand and think they have hidden from danger. They dig holes to bury their eggs. The myth came about from people seeing ostriches putting their heads in the holes to turn the eggs to ensure they are evenly heated.

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m1WPO TIL that in its first appearance at the Olympics, Suriname was represented by a single athlete, a runner who missed his event for arriving late to the heat after being given wrong information about the time.
pj5e TIL: A guy volunteered to get imprisoned at Auschwitz in order to gather the first intelligence report on the camp. He then organized a resistance movement and informed the Western Allies of Nazi atrocities. He then escaped from the camp and took part in the Warsaw Uprising. Whoa.
BrXgk TIL in WWI, German, French, and British forces used fake, hollow trees to spy on their enemies' movement. To do this, combat artists would duplicate a bombed out tree nearby, and under the cover of darkness, engineers would uproot the original tree and replace it with the fake one.
N79gE TIL the movie Jaws (1975) became the first ever summer blockbuster after failing to stick to its schedule. Before this, summer was perceived as a time to enjoy the outdoors when fewer people would go to the cinema.
e0lpL TIL that in Western Australia there is a giant abandoned American military base that is a slice of 60’s Americana. Bowling alleys, baseball fields and signs telling you to drive on the right hand side of the road.