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TIL that a Dutch startup is attempting to train crows to pick up and dispose of cigarette butts in exchange for treats.

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DoOe TIL A bear cub named Winnipeg was exported from Canada to the London Zoo in 1915. A little boy named Christopher Robin Milne loved to visit Winnipeg (or Winnie for short) and his love for the bear cub inspired the stories written by his father, A.A. Milne, about Winnie-the-Pooh.
rwB1 TIL that the largest stadium in the world, Rŭngnado May First Stadium, is located in Pyongyang, North Korea. In the late 90’s it was used as a venue to publicly burn several army generals that were implicated in an assassination attempt on Kim Jong-Il.
awb60 TIL that prior to 158 years ago in the West, babies were born and assigned the age 1 at birth. This was because scholars thought the number 0 was connected to a void which was connected to Satan, therefore not giving babies a year “0” at birth.
p8Ovp TIL Somatotypes were created by a eugenicist who believed that one can make a psychological inference based on how a man looks.
KYMV9 TIL that the last queen of Madagascar befriended a French magician who was secretly employed as a spy. While performing in her court, he aided the French conquest of her nation.