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TIL that there is a bird called bittern that defends itself by mimicking a stick!

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GeN4 TIL that Poet Stanislaw Jerzy Lec survived a German concentration camp by killing his guard with a shovel that was given to him to dig his own grave – and then escaping in the guards uniform.
Me4b8 TIl there is a roller coaster in Denmark called Hundeprutterutchebane (meaning Farting Dog Coaster) that is “known best for its name and its unique dog-flatulence-related theme.”
gan7 TIL there are more bikes than people in the Netherlands, and that their cities are planned to accomodate to bikes rather than cars
V9vG TIL of Emma Morano, the only living person to have been born in the 1800s. On November 29th she will be one of only 5 other people in history to have reached 117 years of age.
gQ67 TIL Europe is experiencing its longest period of peace since the Roman Empire