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TIL people gave fast-food hamburgers to rural crows to try to find out why urban crows are getting high cholesterol

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mxBxo TIL that citric acid, one of the most common food additives (sodas, ice cream, processed sweets, cider, baby food) is usually not made from lemons, but by feeding sugar to black mould through an industrial process.
v9l7 TIL that the Ludlow Massacre was an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a tent camp of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families back in 1914. The attack ended up claiming over 2 dozen lives, including wives and children of the strikers.
lorRB TIL that Kevin Hines attempted suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate bridge and after hitting the water, he was kept afloat by a Sea Lion until the Coast Guard arrived.
WaeY TIL that the camel spider, also known as a wind scorpion, is neither a spider nor a scorpion
R5x8l TIL John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, not only planted appleseed everywhere he went. He built entire nurseries, including protective fences to deter wildlife. The nurseries were left in the hands of neighbors, who were allowed to profit from the trees, and he would return to tend the trees yearly.