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TIL that crows can hold grudges for up to 17 years and pass their beef down to their kids.

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p8Aoe TIL that in 1999 Linux users protested infront of a Microsoft building to get their version of Windows 98 refunded which was bound to purchasing a PC. This shed some light on the rather scummy refund procedure Microsoft had but in the end no one got their money back.
69mrX TIL if you have blurry vision and stare at a dim point-source light in a dark room, focusing on the irregularities in the blurry circle of light, you will see microscopic solid and liquid particulates in your eye. This is an entoptic phenomenon. (see desc)
OGJn1 TIL King James I who famously translated the bible, also wrote Daemonologie, a guide to demons, witches, and witchcraft.
bVy7 TIL In Norway there is a fortress called Akershus. It is believed that whoever controls Akershus also rules over Norway. However the fortress has survived every siege in the last 700 years.
916m TIL It’s possible for a large group of people all mis-remember the same detail or event, it’s called Confabulation, or to give it’s internet name the Mandela Effect.