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TIL:Crows are a highly intelligent species, which are self-aware just like humans. They are as smart as Gorillas and have a complex brain which has the ability to reason

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wLOjE TIL that airlines never schedule flights for noon or midnight, instead using 11:59 or 12:01 to prevent confusion.
LEAr TIL that Stevie Wonder was in a near fatal car crash that left him in a coma. Doctors could not get him to respond to any external stimuli. After four days, his tour director sang the melody of “Higher Ground” into the singer’s ear, and Wonder responded by moving his fingers in time with the song.
v1LnB TIL less Americans died in combat during the American Revolutionary War (~6800) than died from disease (~17000)
ygYX TIL Bubble Wrap was first conceived in 1957 as a sort of high-end wallpaper
W7Z5B TIL Mansfield Smith-Cumming, inspiration for James Bond's "M," was involved in discovering cum worked as an invisible ink during WW1. Agents adopted the motto "Every man his own stylo". However, the use of semen as invisible ink was ceased because of the smell it produced for the eventual receiver.