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TIL: While the blue macaws that were featured in the movie Rio were declared extinct in the wild in 2018, 8 Spix's blue macaws that had been raised in captivity were released in Brazil in June of 2022. They seem to be doing well and more releases are planned for December 2022.

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R55P7 TIL that Thomas Edison used to bite his piano
Y5aP TIL: In 1849, a woman named Mrs. Charlotte M. Winslow concocted a pain reliever for teething children called Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, which contained morphine sulphate, sodium carbonate, spirits foeniculiand, and aqua ammonia. Shockingly, the syrup remained in the market until 1930.
oR4BA TIL that West Virginia ranks worst for mental health in America by far. Of the 50 counties with the poorest mental health, 30 of them are in West Virginia, including the top 10.
d1mZ TIL to avenge the kidnapping of a group of British subjects, the British Empire mobilised 39,000 men and 40,000 work animals, traversed 400 miles of mountainous terrain, sacked the offending king’s capital, and then returned home.
8ar9K TIL one of the most recognizable constellations, the Southern Cross, is also the smallest one, covering only 0.17% of the sky