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TIL the Energizer bunny was intended to be a parody of Duracell, which advertised using a pink bunny mascot as early as the 70s (15 years before Energizer). However, Energizer got the trademark first, and last year sued Duracell for selling their original pink bunny packaging in some US stores.

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Brp8L TIL the city blackbirds have shorter beaks; don’t migrate anymore; have different stress responses; start breeding much earlier in the year; and sing at a different pitch. This has evolved them into a new species.
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ADVXg TIL that seemingly pointless zigzags on the roads in the Western US are there to compensate the road grid for the curvature of Earth.
vMrx TIL that a pizza delivery guy had a bomb collar attached to his neck and was forced to rob a bank by a gang. Shortly after robbing the bank, he was arrested and handcuffed by police, but the bomb detonated, killing him.
nowB TIL that if Detroit was a country, it would have the fourth highest murder rate in the whole world.