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TIL that humans almost instinctively know the pentatonic scale

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6EyG7 TIL The clocks in the Great Kitchen at Windsor Castle are always five minutes fast so food is never served to the Queen late. The estate has more than 450 clocks in total. It takes 18 hours to change the time on them when the clocks go back.
xVaJw TIL Real Madrid's president didn't want to sign Ronaldinho, saying "He's so ugly that he'd sink you as a brand". Instead he signed Beckham, for he's handsome & marketable in Asia. Ronaldinho became Barcelona's star & got a standing ovation from Madrid fans for his performance in EL Clasico 2005.
nWB4d TIL birds truly are government spies... US military funds research on crows' facial recognition abilities for "enemy tracking"
XE8RP TIL that actress Jane Wyman - President Ronald Reagan's first wife - starred on the popular primetime soap opera Falcon Crest from 1981 to 1990 - nearly matching her ex-husband's presidency (1981-1989).
9YQY6 TIL that in Austria, Belgium, Germany and Mexico that it is not against the law to escape from prison. They believe that it is human nature to want to be free. Although, you can be punished for laws broken during your escape.