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TIL If woodpeckers are hungry enough they will peck into the backs of other birds heads and eat their brains.

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E1Vyx TIL: During the earliest period of Earth's existence, the Hadean Period, 4.6-4.0 billion years ago, the surface temperature was over 200°C but there were still liquid-water oceans because the atmospheric pressure was 27 times as strong as it is now, significantly raising the boiling point of water.
mprv TIL: CSPAN was created by the cable companies in 1979 as a free public service for all. Anyone could watch live our Congress doing their jobs. Now? C-SPAN requires verification of a cable or satellite subscription but hopes someday they can be free to the general public again.
KYol6 TIL: There is a serial killer who was also an extra in various movies and TV shows such as Breaking Bad. Clifton Bloomfield, A bully since high school, he went on a crime spree, was jailed for 14 years, and after release in 2002 he murdered 5 people before and during the filming of Breaking Bad.
E860 TIL that John Hopkins University conducted a study of mushrooms with 36 college-educated adults (average age of 46) who had never tried psilocybin nor had a history of drug use. More than two-thirds reported it was among the top five most spiritually significant experiences in their lives.
ZNgo TIL Sudan had approximately 255 pyramids, twice the amount in ancient Egypt.