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TIL that John Williams' first movie score was 1958's "Daddy-O" of MST3K infamy

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K8dJ TIL that many baby animals are unwittingly “kidnapped” by people who assume they’re abandoned.
VBBKm TIL sorcery and wizardry are viewed by some anthropologists as crucial parts of modernity - they fully reject claims that magic is antiquated
wLnYP TIL that for 25 years, two brothers re-gifted each other the same pair of pants, in increasingly inventive and difficult packaging, including a 600lb safe, a double-glazed window, a 16-foot rocket ship, and a crushed car, with a card that read "Merry Christmas, the pants are in the glove box".
9YvG6 TIL that to properly write adjectives in order, you would list them by amount, value, size, temperature, age, shape, color, origin, and material.
YEAA TIL that when an Asian giant hornet, a gigantic wasp that preys on bees, enters the nest of Japanese honeybees, the bees will gather around it and form a ball that encloses it, causing it to overheat and die.