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TIL parrots' utterances can be used in criminal court proceedings.

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9wpdB TIL that the white flames shooting from the exhaust of top fuel dragsters is not from unburned fuel but is because the exhaust is so incredibly hot it breaks down the water vapor in the intake air to hydrogen and oxygen which makes the white exhaust flames.
P1nWE TIL in Trigueros del Valle, Spain, animals have the same rights as people since 2015, signifying equal entitlement to life, freedom, and respect, with strict prohibitions against mistreatment or abandonment.
yMV8 TIL In 1994 there was a rash of UFO sightings and confirmation of abnormal activity by National Weather Service Radar in West Michigan.
rRYlW TIL that Billy Bob Thornton has a crippling fear of antique furniture. "I don't have a phobia about American antiques, it's mostly French — you know, like the big, old, gold-carved chairs with the velvet cushions."
mxAaP TIL that the SR-71 Blackbird was so fast that, if a missile was fired at it, the pilot would simply accelerate and outrun the missile.