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TIL Crows are monogamous and raise families together. Offspring from previous seasons even remain with the family to help rear new nestlings.

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RPe1 TIL in 2014, a Michigan Oncologist was convicted and sentenced to 45 years in prison after it was discovered that he had bilked 553 cancer patients for millions by over-treating, under-treating, misdiagnosing, and even administering treatment to people that never had cancer in the first place.
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