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TIL that a duck breed called the Cayuga lays eggs that have a black to gray shell

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6Eljw TIL in several countries around the world, it is common practice to rent professional mourners when a prominent person dies. These hired mourners are also known as mutes or moirologists.
EgGkP TIL that Elon already once owned X.com back in 1999 - back then, one of the first federally insured online banks
ADneo TIL that in February 1970, an amateur photographer was taking photos around an airport in Sydney, Australia. It was only after the film was developed that he realized he captured a stowaway's final moments as he fell out of the wheel well of a plane taking off and fell 56 meters to his death.
0w17A TIL tumbleweed is native to the Ural Mountains in Russia, and was brought to the US around 1877.
QNawE TIL that the references in the song We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel are in chronological order from 1950-1989