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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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egab TIL that after Boromir had a dream urging him to seek Rivendell to the north, it took him a hundred and ten days to arrive, just barely making it in time for Elrond’s council. Tolkien wrote that the “courage and hardihood required was not fully recognized by the narrative”.
ANPWg TIL that Ryan Gosling, in 1993, at the age of 13, performed a Jodeci song with Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez (of NSYNC) on the Mickey Mouse Club
1a9D8 TIL that the vas deferens can regenerate (grow back) even if as much as five centimeters (two inches) of it have been surgically removed.
EZd7 TIL Robert E. Lee not only considered slavery a moral & political evil, but his wife and daughter set up an illegal school for slaves at their Arlington plantation.