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TIL the popular 2000 Ben Stiller movie, Meet The Parents, is based on an obscure 1992 film with a $30,000 budget.

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x6gN5 TIL Japan has Professional Apologizers you can hire if you don’t to personally do it yourself
R7BKa TIL that baby Hoatzin birds are born with claws not only on their feet, but also on their wings. This allows baby Hoatzins to flee predators in the tree by leaping into the water below their preferred nesting sites. The wing claws allow them to climb back up the tree before they learn to fly.
mxKbR TIL that scorpions glow under a black light.
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QmZ9 TIL that in 1971, phone phreaker John Draper discovered a way to gain free minutes for long-distance, AT&T calls. He would blow a toy, ‘Captain Crunch’ whistle, which had the same 2600-hertz tone that indicated a trunk line was ready to be put through, and gain access to additional minutes.