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TIL African Grey Parrots can develop minds equivalent to that of children ages 4-6

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P1EYE TIL that towards the end of his life, George III's health had deteriorated so greatly that he was incapable of knowing or understanding that he was declared King of Hanover in 1814, or that his wife died in 1818.
d8N09 TIL all of Uranus’ moons are named after characters from Shakespeare’s plays
epMpk TIL that the birds we call Penguins today are not actually penguins at all but another species of bird that was named after them because of their looks and their are no true penguins alive today.
E1Qvd TIL that Jingle Bells is actually a Thanksgiving song, written about sleigh racing.
ylPa TIL: In 1999, the U.S. government paid the Zapruder family $16 million for the film of JFK’s assassination.