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TIL Some organisms besides humans have passed the mirror test which scientists say suggests they have "self-awareness".

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e0NJg TIL Lord Tennyson wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade" honoring soldiers that fought in the Crimean War. 37 years later Rudyard Kipling wrote "The Last of the Light Brigade" about the hardships faced by the veterans. Kipling hoped to shame the public into offering financial assistance.
VMKY8 TIL of the battle flag of XXIII Corps of the Union Army of the Ohio. It was made entirely from the shredded remains of the battle flags of their defeated enemies.
R54Z9 TIL Oddjob is average height in the James Bond movie Goldfinger (even taller in the novel). The only reason he’s a dwarf in Goldeneye 64 is because the developers confused him with Nick Nack from The Man With the Golden Gun.
j6x6v TIL the first Native American to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs was Ely S. Parker in 1869, he was also the only Native American to head it until 1966.
YJer TIL The U.S. Government Spent $12 Billion Building The Worlds Largest Supercollider In Texas. And Then Never Opened It.