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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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9gmQ TIL In November 1994, Tim Allen starred in the highest grossing film, Disney’s “The Santa Clause”, topped the New York Times best-seller list with his book “Don’t Stand Too Close to a Naked Man” and appeared in the top rated TV series “Home Improvement”, all within the span of one week.
XE4aj TIL that in Resevoir Dogs, Madonna, who is the main topic of the opening conversation, really liked the film, but refuted Quentin Tarantino's interpretation of her song "Like a Virgin". She gave him a copy of her "Erotica" album, signed, "To Quentin. It's not about dick, it's about love. Madonna."
GwxE TIL that carrying Arabic flashcards is considered a valid reason for arrest in a US airport.
eBEg TIL a software company buried a $1,000 prize deep in its Terms of Service to see if anyone actually read them. After 5 months and over 3,000 sales, someone finally asked about the prize
GwVj TIL there have been serious scientific attempts to study whether or not our “reality” is, in fact, a computer simulation a la “The Matrix”