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TIL that ravens can talk, mimic other sounds, and have surprisingly smooth voices.

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6KR7 TIL: There is a competitive sport called joggling that combines jogging and juggling
YRd TIL that when Thomas Jefferson dubbed the term ‘separation of church and state’ he was echoing the founder of the American Baptist Church, Roger Williams, who also supported it.
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PDen TIL people who frequently take naps tend to die younger than those who don’t, and scientists don’t know why.