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TIL the incisors of Beavers are orange because they contain iron. That iron strengths the teeth and better able to cut through wood.

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Oorne TIL: Researchers taught African grey parrots to buy food using tokens. They were then paired up, one parrot given ten tokens and the other none. Without any incentive for sharing, parrots with tokens started to give some to their broke partners so that everyone could eat.
p8yP4 TIL that Dua Lipa is not her stage name and actually is her real complete name. "Dua" means 'love' in Albanian.
lo6L5 TIL Jack, a baboon, was employed to change rail signals. After initial skepticism, the railway decided to officially employ the baboon once his job competency was verified. He was paid twenty cents a day, and 1/2 a bottle of beer each week. In his nine years of employment, Jack never made a mistake.
MJMA TIL that Spock’s quote, “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few” was cited in a Texas Supreme Court decision.
6EOg7 TIL that Nov 28th in the United States is Native American Heritage Day and that an estimated 50 million Native Americans died between 1500-1600, roughly 10% of the world population, resulting in a “little ice-age”