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TIL crows are quite similar to humans and visit their aging parents many years after they have left the nest

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b6Dn7 TIL there was an Egyptian Pharaoh referred to as "Hudjefa" on ancient lists of pharaohs. Modern historians have realized this was not actually his name, and instead means "erased" in Ancient Egyptian. His real name was lost in ancient times.
aAEb TIL that Bill Gates is richer than 140 nations
EgbPX TIL about the 'sexy hand-axe’ theory in evolutionary psychology. This proposes that elegantly-made symmetrical stone hand-axes, which characterise the Acheulean Period of human development, were used as a status-signalling device to attract women.
bbKj TIL famous playwright Henrik Ibsen, after overhearing his nurse assure a visitor he was doing better, spluttered his last words, “On the contrary!”
DQN1P TIL the Dragon Quest series (1986) is older than the Final Fantasy series (1987)