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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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xVrg TIL that Bob Barker is part Sioux Indian, was in the Navy, and studied Karate under Chuck Norris.
JYr6k TIL that the wheelchair symbol, known as the International Symbol of Access, is used to denote areas where access has been improved. It does not necessarily mean wheelchair-accessible.
5Y75R TIL Operation Freakout was a Church of Scientology covert plan intended to have the author Paulette Cooper imprisoned or committed to a psychiatric hospital, as revenge for her highly critical book, The Scandal of Scientology.
d8na8 TIL that Larry Thor recorded an album called "Galloping on my Dinosaur." His son Cameron would later go on to appear in Jurassic Park as the agent who approaches Dennis Nedry.
XE988 TIL that Matt Groening based The Simpsons off the locally well known comic strip "The Broons". His distant Scottish relatives used to send him the yearly annuals