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TIL that Prince helped test the first version of the Oregon Trail video game

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XEXNP TIL Crows in Japan learned to crack walnuts by dropping them in a crosswalk. the birds hop in front of the cars and place walnuts. After the lights turn green the vehicles drive over the nuts, cracking them open. when it’s time to cross again, the crow join the pedestrians and pick up their meal.
7rD4X TIL that Gene Wilder got into comedy and acting because of his mother's heart condition. His mother's doctor told him to 'Try to make her laugh,' to make her feel better, leading to his conscious efforts to make other people laugh.
Rdp9 TIL: The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they can be easily confused at a crime scene.
PJ6E TIL the last sonata Beethoven composed has little to do with classical music and more to do with with jazz and boogie-woogie, about a 100 years in advance; and he was completely deaf when he wrote it
LQw0v TIL that the Apollo 11 astronauts had to fill out customs forms when they returned to Earth, including declaring "moon rock and dust samples" as items they were bringing into the country.