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TIL that crows and ravens can mimic human speech.

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Alwx TIL that the famous ‘No brown M&Ms’ clause by the band Van Halen was actually a very sophisticated method of quality control used in their concerts.
pY87Z TIL that in the 18th and 19th century, platinum was so cheap in Spain that it was used for various frauds. Notably, they created counterfeit British sovereigns with a gold-plated alloy of platinum and copper. In order to control this problem, the authorities dumped confiscated platinum into the sea.
8ead8 TIL about Magdalena Solis, a serial killer in Mexico who in the early 1960s convinced the illiterate and poor town of Yerba Buena that she was the reincarnation of an Inca Goddess known as "The High Priestess of Blood" she partook in piking members of the town while alive and drinking their blood.
dg7Z TIL that it was illegal in Soviet Union to not have a job
mx4xE TIL that the Hungarian crown has a bent cross on the top because somebody in the 17th century put the crown into an iron chest and closed it without having placed in it properly. The bent cross is used a symbol of Hungary since then.