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TIL there is a breed of Indonesian fowl (chicken) that buries its eggs. The chicks must dig themselves out after hatching.

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0WWj TIL Ram Bahadur Bomjon, a Buddhist Monk, meditated for 10 months straight without food or water. To challenge this incredible claim, National Geographic filmed the boy for 5 straight days and nights. He never moved. Supporters of Buddhism consider him the “reincarnation of the Buddha”
0wyxp TIL that the bassist of Rage Against the Machine once climbed the set of the MTV Video Music Awards to protest not winning Best Rock Video
OoaO6 TIL of professional "fired men" that were used as department store scapegoats who were fired several times a day to please costumers who were disgruntled about some error
VMRn4 TIL Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Price in 1939
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