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Til there’s weird ass videos like this on YouTube shorts 😭

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pYRpO TIL There is a small Polish village in Turkey with its own Polish community. The village was visited by many famous people like Franz Liszt or Kemal Atatürk.
e0rm5 Today I learned about Peregrine Falcons. Able to dive at 240mph pulling 8g's of force, the falcon has a special beak design that allows them to shut air off from their lungs so they don't pass out during high speed dives.
kwLB TIL The Greeks had no word for the color blue.
p84ZZ TIL Climbers burn an average of 10,000 calories per day when ascending Mount Everest. On the day of the summit climb they can burn up to 20,000
e0KJ6 TIL of Tom Attridge, a Grumman test pilot who managed to shoot himself down while in an F11F Tiger after entering a steep dive and catching up to rounds fired prior to the dive (which slowed down due to air resistance). With his engine and windshield damage, he was forced to crashland but survived.