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TIL Albatrosses are so adapted to their oceanic existence that they spend the first six or more years of their long lives (which last upwards of 50 years) without ever touching land.

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rR56e TIL that David Zucker (writer of the film Airplane!) named his racehorse All Pink to mess with the commentators. Zucker specifically instructed the jockey riding All Pink to hug the inside of the track so the commentator would have to keep saying the phrase “It’s all pink on the inside!”.
Orva TIL that Claudette Colvin, a 15 year old African American girl, was the unsung hero of the Alabama Bus Boycott and desegregation of public transportation. Before Rosa Parks, Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman, citing that it was her constitutional right.
x689D TIL In Western music, microtones are notes that deviate from the standard 12-note scale. These are the notes that can sound "flat" or "sharp" compared to the notes in the 12-note scale, like the "out-of-tune piano" part in the Beatles’ “Rocky Raccoon.”
8a66G TIL that Veruska Ramirez, a former Miss Universe model from Venezuela, was abducted for 3 hours in 2003. She was released, after she signed some autographs for her captors
9YKgB TIL Every 2 years, 2 ATMs nicknamed, "The Loneliest ATM" in remote Alaska are serviced and brought up to speed and technology. The vendors chosen for that job undergo a psychological exam and a physical to make sure they’re equipped to deal with the Antarctic climate in case they get held over.