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TIL the elegant tit (Pardaliparus elegans) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae endemic to the Philippines

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0wm75 TIL that fishers, a member of the weasel family, are one of the few predators that seek out and kill porcupines and have been documented routinely preying on lynxes, being the primary cause of lynx mortality in the wild.
Kmy4 TIL thousands of Japanese-Americans served in the U.S. army as segregated unit (442nd) during WWII while their families were locked up in internment camps and became the most decorated unit in U.S. military history.
NX5Z6 TIL The mentally ill in Indonesia are sometimes restrained and locked away by their families to prevent them from committing self-harm or endangering others. Some of the top reasons include financial problems and lack of knowledge surrounding mental health.
VBLE8 TIL of Jörg Hartmann and Lothar Schleusener, aged 10 and 13, who were shot dead during an attempt to escape the Berlin Wall in 1966. Their families were notified of their deaths a few days later. "Officially" Jörg had drowned in a lake and Lothar had died from an electric shock near Leipzig.
grM14 TIL that CeCe Peniston was the first foreign female entertainer to perform in post-apartheid South Africa.