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TIL Jimi Hendrix covered “Sgt. Pepper” in front of The Beatles only 2 days after it was released.

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OG064 TIL That some birds participate in what’s known as “Mafia Behavior”, where a bird will lay an egg in another birds nest and if that bird rejects their egg/chick, the parasitic bird may return and kill the host’s chicks or destroy their nest.
Go0j TIL that Yogi Berra was ejected from a game after umps ruled that a ball hit by his player hit the concrete wall, which was in play, and not the plywood wall, which would be a home run. Yogi exclaimed, “Anyone who can’t hear the difference between wood and concrete must be blind.”
LkggP TIL The honeyguide bird is the only known animal that will, untrained and uncoerced, lead humans to honeycombs that would be otherwise difficult for a human to locate without their help. This teamwork benefits the human and honeyguide bird by making finding and eating the honeycomb easier.
vPQN4 TIL A lake in northwest Montana has been known to emit strange, sci-fi-like sounds during the spring thaw. This phenomenon, caused by the expansion and contraction of the ice due to temperature fluctuations, creates vibrations that travel through the ice and produce a unique and echoing sound.
MewAB TIL the Greek question mark is nearly identical to the semicolon, to the point that its Unicode representation is, in practice, equivalent