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TIL - The British Proposed a Chicken-Heated Nuclear Bomb

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DxZJ TIL that if a kangaroo is chased by an attacker, it will run into a body of water and hold the attacker under water. In 2009, a kangaroo almost drowned a dog after it was chased into a creek. The dogs owner was then attacked when he went to the dogs rescue, receiving a deep gash to his abdomen.
W5Y9 TIL Shakira speaks 7 languages, founded Fundación Pies Descalzos (which aims to take education to children in a situation of risk all over Colombia and Latin America) when she was 18 and partnered with UNICEF’s work for children
KY6QB TIL: Some species of pelicans develop “breeding horns” on their bills during their mating seasons that fall off after they lay their eggs
ryYW TIL spider web silk was once used for crosshairs in rifles.
N7LDe TIL with the exceptions of manatees and sloths, all mammals have 7 cervical vertebrae, or neck bones.