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TIL Finches have syntax in their songs, and react unfavourably to individual’s songs that are ‘grammatically incorrect’.

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GAvP1 TIL the 1916 and 1968 presidential elections are the only times where the winner lost both their home state and their running mate's state.
N7ZYN TIL after the prohibition in the US, about one-third of the states established government monopolies to control the sale of alcohol. These monopolies still exist in 17 states. They're generally known as ABC Stores.
jNnjE TIL that MLK thought that the white moderate was the greatest stumbling block in the stride towards freedom
XE0Rr TIL that the line in Thor: Ragnarok ("We know each other! He's a friend from work!") was actually suggested by a young Make-a-Wish visitor to the movie’s set.
b9d5E TIL Tree DNA was used in US federal court to connect a log poacher to the stump of the tree he illegally cut down and that now volunteers are working on creating tree DNA databases for future prosecutions.