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TIL that crows hold funerals to make a collective association between danger and a particular location or predator.

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QN4md TIL that the voice of Grover and Yoda are the same guy. Frank OZ
Zjjp TIL that the colour orange was named after the fruit orange, not the other way around.
QZEk TIL the first U.S. pennies had the inscription “Mind Your Business”.
9Y9MX TIL the movie (and song) “9 to 5” was inspired by an actual women’s labor movement called 9 to 5 that started in Boston in the 1970s
0wRZL TIL former NFL player Dave Duerson killed himself, though he chose to shoot himself in the chest, and left a note specifically requesting his brain be used for research into a neurodegenerative disease (CTE) which can be caused by playing football. Researchers did later confirm he had the disease.