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TIL The Hairy Frog breaks it own bones to make claws.

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EvLo TIL that President Reagan fired all the air traffic controllers because they went on strike. He also lifetime banned them from the FAA.
MeeBb TIL of the religion of Nuwaubianism - which holds the belief that Satan's child is being nurtured by the illuminati and was raised by former US President Richard Nixon, and is currently hooked up bodily to a machine called "The Beast 3M" or "3666"
R5nK6 TIL that Godzilla’s name translates to Gorilla Whale (Gojira) in Japanese
LQLPd TIL The novel Maltese Falcon got its name from the tribute of one falcon per year that the Knight Hospitallers, a Catholic military order founded during the crusade, had to provide to the monarchs of Sicily in exchange for getting the island of Malta. It went on continuously from 1530 to 1798.
oBj5Y TIL helicopter rotor blades spin at a fairly constant speed and only gain lift by altering the angle of the blades. The centrifugal force is too much to attempt to alter the blade RPM enough to generate lift.