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TIL that crows and ravens can mimic human speech.

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9YnvM TIL scumbag Steve made a music video about his scumbag steveness
7AZO TIL some orthodox Jews in the New York area use caffeine suppositories for fasting, because it’s not “eating”
Ma8b TIL of the Man versus Horse Marathon, which originated from a pub bet in 1980. It was being disputed that over the right terrain and over enough distance, a man could outrun a horse. In 2004, that bet was settled when Huw Lobb beat the fastest horse by two minutes.
v1eAB TIL The bezel on a dive watch only turns counterclockwise so that if the bezel is bumped accidentally during a dive it will only move in one direction, subtracting time from the dive and prompting the diver to surface early rather than staying under for too long.
Z8jMa TIL about the Rambutan, a hairy fruit, appropriately called the hair fruit in Malay and the messy hair fruit in Vietnamese.