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TIL Crowing first at dawn is a privilege reserved for the highest ranking rooster.

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XEogX TIL that the vocals for Hozier's Take Me to Church weren't recorded in the studio. He recorded a demo in his parents' attic and the record label found the vocals to be so powerful, they left them alone.
16gR7 TIL that in Medieval Europe, the Feast of the Ass on 14 January celebrated the donkey that carried Mary into Egypt after the birth of Jesus.
6Elm8 TIL each year about 100 US firefighters are convicted of arson. The issue is so prevalent that the South Carolina Forestry Commission and the FBI Behavior Analysis Unit both created profiles of an arsonist firefighter.
n07Y TIL the phrase “don’t spill the beans” comes from the ancient Greek practice of placing beans in a jar to cast a vote. If someone spilled the jar, the election results would be known prematurely.
VMVRm TIL that Hildur Guðnadóttir, the composer for HBO's Chernobyl, incorporated sounds from an actual working nuclear power plant into the soundtrack.