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TIL in the original British 'House of Cards' tv series, there is a character who comes out as gay and resigns immediately after being spotted in a bar with an underage boy

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bLK0 TIL crows are smart as great apes and able to show: imagination, the anticipation of possible future events, to solve problems which require abstract reasoning. Problems which once were only thought possible by humans and great apes.
X0aQ6 TIL In 1959 the submarine USS Barbero assisted the US Post Office in an experiment in Rocket Mail by launching a modified Regulus missile containing two containers of mail towards the Naval Auxiliary Air Station in Mayport, Florida. The missile successfully landed after 22 minutes of travel.
wLbx7 TIL: Chickens are naturally cannibalistic and wearing rose tinted glasses made for chickens reduced their ability to see blood, which reduces their cannibalistic tendencies.
nWWG9 Today I learned of Simon the Sorcerer, the magician in the bible who tried to pay his way into the Apostles and knew how to fly
p4kQ TIL: The tingling sensation some people experience in their mouth after eating pineapple is not an allergic reaction; it is their mouth being digested by an enzyme.