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TIL humans have an instinctual revulsion to things that look and move almost like a human, but not entirely

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QJBEa TIL that Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer conducted a survey at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago regarding ELP's album Love Beach, and while most people disliked the name of the album, Atlantic Records refused to change it.
16MVV TIL of Arjan Dwarshuis, Who in 2016, Spotted 6833, (of Roughly 11000), Bird Species In A Year
7xbr TIL Turkey is first at tea consumption per person while Ireland is second and UK is third.
W7EGX TIL That companies AMD and Nvidia who are competitors, do not fabricate their own semiconductor chips, and actually hire the same company for fabrication, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
D1KQe TIL about the Frenchman Philippe Petit. In 1971 he was 45 minutes on a wire that was stretched between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. At one point, he even lay down on the wire.