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TIL the common degu can use tools and will spontaneously stack objects in order of decreasing size, and is the first animal to be recorded displaying these these behaviors other than apes and birds

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78lNp TIL of Richard Stern, a German-Jewish WW1 veteran and subject of a famous photo, where he stands in the door of his shop wearing his old Iron Cross during the Nazi crackdown on Jewish businesses. Fleeing to the U.S., he joined the Army at age 43 to fight the Nazis. He was awarded a Silver Star
Qmkp TIL famed sci-fi author Isaac Asimov refused the invitation to renowned A.I. pioneer Marvin Minsky’s lab at MIT in the 1960s because he was “Writing about really intelligent robots of the future and was sure that if he came and saw the clumsy ones that we were making it would spoil his imagination.”
neBbB TIL from the 1930’s to the 50’s, film studios used pure white asbestos fibers to replicate the look of snow. It was used in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and the famous snow scene at the end of Bing Crosby’s ‘White Christmas.’ Brands of asbestos fake snow included ‘White Magic’ ‘Snow Drift’ and ‘Pure White.’
7dnp TIL : In 1992, Michael Jordan was the ambassador of Nike but his team was sponsored by Reebok so his uniform had a Reebok patch on the right shoulder.Jordan carried an American flag on his right shoulder to completely hide the Reebok logo proclaiming that “The American flag cannot deface anything.”
NXBWQ TIL eyewitness sketches aren't solely based on verbal descriptions. They are compiled using an "identikit", or a stock library of facial features (eyes, noses, etc.). The witness picks out the closest match for each feature which is then assembled into a more coherent image.