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TIL In Barcelona, they control the pigeon population by mixing birth control chemicals with the birdseed

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dDZ8 TIL pumpkins are technically considered berries
neGx9 TIL that after the 2015 terror attacks in Paris, the German football team was advised not to leave the stadium they were playing in due to threats on their hotel, so they slept in the stadium on mattresses. The French team they had just played against stayed the night with them, out of solidarity.
PYRMV TIL an authentic smile is called a "Duchenne Smile". It happens when the zygomaticus major muscle lifts the corners of your mouth at the same time the orbicularis oculi muscles lift your cheeks and crinkle your eyes at the corners.
xeB0 TIL Mythbusters were not allowed to make an episode about how trackable and hackable RFID chips are due to credit card companies threatening to pull advertisement from Discovery.
69QlW TIL that the song, Country Roads, by John Denver, a song adored by many West Virginia fans was actually written about Maryland.