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TIL that there are several breeds of Chicken called Naked Neck, identified by complete lack of most plumage on the neck and head

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KLJ TIL the Coriolis Effect can be visualized on a merry-go-round aka roundabout, by throwing a ball to a fellow rider directly across from you. To him it will appear to curve opposite of the way you are spinning, although to a viewer not on the merry-go-round it appears to fly straight.
ZpEZ4 TIL that although American Samoa is a territory, those born there are US nationals, not citizens. They can hold a US passport and can freely enter or live anywhere in the United State, but cannot apply flr citizenship unless they are outside of American Samoa.
laQG TIL in the 1970s, over 700,000 tires, held together by steel, were dumped off the coast of Florida to create an artificial reef. The steel later rusted apart, detaching the tires and causing an environmental disaster.
mbLR TIL avg height in US has leveled off since the late 60s compared to northern EU nations, scientists posit that one factor is greater access to nutrition and health in socialized advanced eu nations.
b67r4 TIL that Karl Marx had an illegitimate son with his housemaid that he never acknowledged, and Marx's friend Engels agreed to take on paternity for the boy instead.