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TIL hummingbird feeders need daily cleaning in hot weather bc nectar spoils in heat & sickens the birds. Several ways to protect their food from overheating include: place feeders in shade, freeze nectar into small cubes & fill feeders with them to delay heating, wrap in foil, use glass feeders.

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RdoQ TIL that when traffic cameras were first set up in California, a man got a speeding ticket in the mail that included his photo as proof of guilt. Mad that he was fined by a camera, the man took a picture of money and mailed it off. Weeks later he was mailed another photo… this time of handcuffs.
v1aXD TIL: Some farmers in Bangladesh have switched to raising ducks instead of chickens, because during catastrophic floods, ducks float.
a1g9 TIL the true purpose of Microsoft Solitaire and Minesweeper was to teach mouse-fluency by stealth
nWLjd Today I learned Berry Gordy, founder of Mo Town Records, is a blood-related distant cousin of President Jimmy Carter as a consequence of slavery.
Qye9 TIL that in the earliest versions of Little Red Riding Hood, the girl cannibalizes her own grandmother and gets eaten by the wolf after getting into bed with him.