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TIL pigs can learn to use mirrors to find food, which scientists say is a sign of complex cognitive processing and likely some level of self-awareness

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rwGw TIL that during September 2009, a ‘Gollum’ like creature was discovered in Panama after it terrified children when it slithered out of a lake and clambered over the rocks towards them.
DQ5lJ TIL in 1995, first-class passenger Gerald Finneran became so enraged that he was refused more alcohol on his flight that he intentionally defecated on the drinks cart. He was arrested and ordered to reimburse the airline for cleaning as well as the airfare for every other passenger on board.
PYdjL TIL The Addams Family originally began as a New Yorker cartoon
9wOlX TIL about Vermis, a guide for a video game that doesn't exist. Inspired by old dungeon crawlers and the Dark Souls games, the art book is "a pure act of world-building."
awGeJ TIL the British Navy battled the French Navy in WWII.