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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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kOoKE TIL of Melon Heads while I was searching for Anthony Fantano. It is the name given to legendary beings in Michigan, Ohio, and Connecticut, generally described as small humanoids with bulbous heads, who occasionally emerge from hiding places to attack people.
VPe0 TIL that wealthy Chinese hire body doubles to get prosecuted for their crimes; this process is called Ding zui
8aoPb TIL Manhattan's current population and density is 40% lower than it's peak, which was reached over 110 years ago in 1910.
0w4Ky TIL that the song 'Unchained Melody' is the theme song to a little known prison movie called 'Unchained', hence the title. The film flopped although it was nominated one academy award — for best original song.
BrxDd TIL that 97% of the galaxies in our observable Universe are permanently unreachable by humans. The Universe is expanding so rapidly that even if humans left earth today, travelling at the speed of light, they could only ever reach about 3% of the total number of galaxies in our observable Universe.