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TIL researchers trained pigeons to discriminate between paintings by Picasso and by Monet. They won the humorous Ig Nobel Prize in psychology for their work.

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6ElwW TIL The term “jeep” originates from a Popeye’ comic book character in 1936 and was used for many military vehicles including airplanes. In the 40s both Ford and Willys MB (which later became Jeep) manufactured what we would call a Jeep.
6NJW TIL: Large brains of tiny spiders overflow into their legs | Human World | EarthSky
oNXr TIL in Venezuela in 2007, a man woke up during his autopsy
Ny0M TIL Ernest Hemingway once out drank 14 Chinese army officers. “Slowly officers grew scarlet in the face and slid beneath the table; others went green-white and fell as if shot,”…Hemingway, by contrast, “was planted on his feet like Atlas.”
EgKmo TIL there is a company in Las Vegas that hires private planes specifically for people to join the “Mile High Club”