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TIL There were black slaveowners in America

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8aj1P TIL that in 2019, Brazilian pоlіce seized a parrot who had been taught to alert criminals to pоlіce operations by shouting: "Mum, the pоlіce!" After being seized, the parrot didn't cooperate with the pоlіce, staying completely silent and not saying anything
P1YoG TIL that before drummer Neil Peart joined the progressive-rock band Rush, he was previously in another rock band called “Hush”
Zp7wG TIL about Jambo, a gorilla that protected a child who fell into his enclosure in 1986
yVXD8 TIL Rose's new song Apt is just a mix of the 1980's "Hey Mickey" and One Directions "Night Changes"
YpGvW TIL That the Pillars of Creation were probably destroyed 6000 years ago. This was discovered after new photo from Spitzer Space Telescope showed dustclouds from a supernova shockwave that happened 6000 years ago.