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TIL that capsaicin, the element that gives peppers their spiciness, doesn't affect birds.

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1GWO TIL Bad boy George Bernard Shaw titled one of his plays Closed for Remodeling causing theater owners to shake their heads at the sparse crowds.
jN4JX TIL that the opening theme music of '2001: A Space Odyssey', the 1968 Kubrick film, is 'Also Sprach Zarathustra' (1896) by German composer Richard Strauss. I knew there was a lot of classical music in the film, but thought (for 50 years!) the main theme music was modern. Duh.
LQ5Y9 TIL Walmart has a "Code Brown" that activates during a suspected mass shooter event. Associates are trained to help customers escape through certain exits or to hide. This code was issued during the 2019 El Paso Shooting and several employees were commended for their bravery by the US president.
78yBX TIL Pope Francis and Pope John Paul II are honorary Harlem Globetrotters
vP0rr TIL Union Monument in Vanceburg, Kentucky is the only monument honoring Union soldiers south of the Mason-Dixon line that is not in a cemetery