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TIL that influenza originated as an indirect result of the domestication of pigs and ducks

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WOwY TIL the most dangerous category of the Guinness Book of Records is the Banzai Skydive - a diver throws his parachute at 10,000 ft and attempts to secure it.
dOv8 TIL Dick Van Dyke’s hobby is doing CGI animation, and he even made special effects for an episode of Diagnosis Murder in 1997.
a8JwJ TIL the rufous treepie, a bird in the raven family, has learned to steal lit candles from a temple in India. The candles use clarified butter for fuel so the treepies fly inside, grab one and fly away. Then they remove the wick and extinguish it before eating it and the butter.
WDZ4 TIL that North Korean citizens who flee to South Korea automatically become South Korean citizens
G68Q TIL that an artist allowed the audience do whatever they wished to her, using one of 72 objects placed on a table (which included a loaded gun and a scalpel).