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TIL the dumb and dumber mocking bird song is a real song.

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5VX8 TIL: Bananas are genetic mutations. Man crossed two varieties of African wild bananas, the Musa acuminata and the Musa baalbisiana, got rid of the many seeds that were an unpleasant presence, and improved the flavor and texture
GpRN TIL that at night, Disneyland becomes overrun by stray cats. Disney embraces them because they keep the mouse population in check and treats them like pets, including spaying and neutering them and giving them shots.
r5J4 TIL Animal Planet made a fake documentary about the existence of mermaids… twice
QNNZa TIL President Harry S Truman's middle name is just "S", so it's correct to write his full name as Harry S Truman OR Harry S. Truman. He himself went back and forth on the correct way to write it.
J7b1 TIL In a sunset plane ride from NYC to LA, if you flew 850 mph you would cancel Earth’s rotation, freezing the Sun on the horizon