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TIL that deer in India (who are red-green colorblind) take advantage of the better-sighted langur monkeys by staying near them and learning the monkeys' alarm signals for when they spot predators which are dangerous to the deer.

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4jjX TIL that for the Merovingian dynasty (457-751 AD), the power of a king was based on the length of his hair. If a rival shaved the head of a king, then his power would be lost. The man with the longest hair in the kingdom would subsequently inherit the throne.
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