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TIL only one man has ever performed the role of Big Bird (Bonus: diagram of how he fits in the suit!)

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b9oaa TIL my Gmail has two step authentication but Hawaii's nuclear attack warning system does not.
LQ5j9 TIL about LtCol Rankin, who parachuted through a thunderstorm in 1959 when his plane engine died at 47k feet. Due to repeatedly being sucked back into and ejected from the top of the thunderstorm, it took him 40 minutes to reach the ground.
LjWP TIL sideshow performer Francesco Lentini was born in Sicily in 1889 with 3 different length legs, 4 feet, and 2 genitals - a result of a partially absorbing his conjoined twin. He married, had 4 children, and lived to be 85. His photo is on the back cover of Alice In Chain’s self-titled album.
BrNYb TIL that when Russell Brand and Katy Perry divorced he was elligible to half of her $44M she made during their marriage but he refused to take any of that money.
kODGd TIL of the book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks. It's about curious medical cases, including one of a patient with visual agnosia who not only did really mistake his wife for his hat, but also couldn't tell the difference between his shoe and his foot.