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TIL crows can report on what they've seen, and change how they report it based on how they are asked to do so.

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78R8Z TIL in the original German ending of the fairy tale Snow White, the evil queen is forced to put on red-hot iron shoes and dance until she drops dead.
negdP TIL that in 1162 in revenge for insulting his wife, The Holy Roman Emperor forced every resident of Milan who wished to live to pluck a fig placed into the genitals of a female mule.
kk94 TIL a pizza delivery man had a bomb strapped round his neck and was forced to rob a bank. He was arrested by police, and was killed after the bomb detonated.
wooZY TIL: in the Tarantino film, The Hateful Eight, actor Kurt Russel actually smashed a $40,000 antique guitar, rather than the prop.
grOJy TIL: A TACA airliner had both engines flame out on approach to New Orleans. The one-eyed pilot safely landed the plane on a levee. In lieu of towing the plane away, the two engines were replaced on scene and then took off from a public street.