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TIL whales can swallow birds in the middle of feeding, but since whales can’t digest the bird, they poop them out whole. Scientists call these bird bricks.

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JYDQ8 TIL Constance Shulman was picked to be the voice of Patti Mayonnaise on the cartoon "Doug" after the show's creators discovered her on an actual Kraft Mayonnaise commercial
ZpAJB TIL that AI can now swipe and chat for you on dating apps
EGxd TIL the nuclear nightmare scene in Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) was considered “the most accurate depiction of a nuclear blast ever created for a fictional motion picture” by members of U.S. federal nuclear testing labs.
GAx7E TIL the game Ōkami was named the "least commercially successful winner of a game of the year award" in the 2010 version of the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition
woGN1 TIL Cyrus Cylinder is considered one of the earliest expressions of the concept of human rights. The text contains a declaration made by Cyrus the Great and proclaims his policy of religious tolerance and repatriation of displaced peoples, particularly Jews, following his conquest of Babylon.