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TIL that only apes, elephants, and some dolphins, whales, and birds can pass the mirror self-awareness test

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AMEn TIL in 2013 a female professor gave a public lecture on men’s issues at the University of Ottawa. She was repeatedly interrupted by a group of about 30 students shouting and blasting horns. The talk was moved to another room, but somebody pulled the fire alarm, which effectively shut it down.
5YxxP TIL that in medieval times, there was a real fear that some people would kill holy men and women to sell off their body parts as relics. Guards even had had to watch over mortally ill holy men and women to prevent their body parts being sold soon as they died.
yQRXM TIL A woodpeckers tongue is 1/3 of its body length, and they wrap it around the back of their skull to protect their brain when pecking.
d8gYr TIL in 1985 Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant covered the 60s ballad "Sea of Love". It was put on the B-side of a Rocking At Midnight as a throwaway track, and when it went popular Plant feared his career was finished and he'd be remembered as a crooner of love songs.
BrYrb TIL that women are naturally more affected by alcohol than men because they don't produce an enzyme in their stomachs that starts metabolization early like men do.