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TIL a reclusive British trader caused a flash crash in 2010 that wiped $1 trillion off the US stock market while trading from his parents house in London.

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VBdbG TIL a wildlife park in the UK took in five parrots during the pandemic that have a healthy NSFW vocabulary and have taught other parrots to swear. Zookeepers are concerned that they could have up to 100 parrots who know how to swear and would require all sweary parrots to be taken off display.
W7deA TIL: The Tomb of Christ is a site in Japan where they claim Jesus was really buried. This is complete with a burial site, Hebrew plaque and an accompanying origin story (complete with Jesus using a body double) explaining his journey to and death in Japan.
ANOdw TIL: about Hyperthymesia which allows 10 confirmed cases in the world to remember every moment of their life with perfect recall.
J1bpk TIL Vincent Van Gogh left art school shortly after an incident where he was assigned to draw the Venus de Milo and instead drew the nude torso of a peasant woman. When confronted by his teacher Van Gogh protested that a woman must have "hips, buttocks," and "a pelvis in which she can carry a baby."
rRBm4 TIL the red-capped manakin (Ceratopipra mentalis) is found in the tropical moist lowland forests of Central America. The bird is probably best known for the male's highly unusual and dazzling courting ritual (see video) whereby he shuffles rapidly backwards across a branch akin to a speedy moonwalk.