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TIL that crows pass the ‘marshmallow test’: they resist the temptation to eat a food if they know a tastier treat is coming later. This test of self-control is used to assess mental development in humans.

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8JkV TIL in 1973, Keith Moon, the drummer for The Who, passed out from horse tranquilizer. The band called on the crowd for a drummer and a fan, Scot Halpin, flawlessly stepped in for the rest of the show.
pWON TIL 70% of murders in Detroit go unsolved.
9poX TIL the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania is so close to bankruptcy that its government officials (including the mayor) are paid $7.25/hr
mxX1P TIL about the blanket octopus that has the most extreme form of sexual dimorphism in the animal kingdom. Females can be up to 6 feet and males are only a few centimeters.
QJGwE TIL actor Robert Pattinson dealt with an obsessed fan who had been camping outside his apartment by taking her out on a dinner date. "I just complained about everything in my life and she never came back."