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TIL budgie brains process speech in a similar manner as humans, which is why they can have such prolific vocabularies

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nevL7 TIL the film inside the SR-71’s camera was five inches wide and two miles long. Once a SR-71 returned, the photo-maintenance division removed the film and cut it into 500-foot long segments. Then they would put on surgical gloves and go up and down the lines, inspecting this massive roll of film.
oBgdR TIL Hitler killed his dog Blondi before committing suicide in 1945. Afterwards, her puppies were immediately shot to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Russians.
KOXJG TIL in a 2014 study of LSAT scores, Liberal Arts graduates outperformed mechanical engineering students in critical thinking and reasoning.
LRpV TIL Christian Bale’s stepmother, Gloria Steinham, was a feminist who protested the 1991 publication of the novel, American Psycho, due to its portrayal of violence toward women. In 2000, Bale went on to star as the title character of the novel’s film adaption.
ea8n TIL that due to the decline of bees forces apple farmers in China to pollinate every blossom by hand using paintbrushes