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TIL chickens can count and even do some artihmetic

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0wL0v TIL Cliff Edwards/Ukulele Ike, known for popularising the song Singin' in the Rain and voicing Jiminy Cricket, died penniless following three divorces and struggles with gambling and drinking. His unclaimed body went to the UCLA medical school until it was bought by Disney and given a proper burial.
j671a Today I learned that Popeye’s famous spinach-fueled strength came from a chemist’s typo: - In 1870, German scientist Erich von Wolf accidentally wrote that spinach had 35mg of iron per 100g (instead of 3.5mg) due to a misplaced decimal point. - The error went uncorrected until 1937 (67 Years)
VMYYG TIL about Argument from poor design, an argument against the existence of a creator God, based on the reasoning that a powerful and benevolent God would not create organisms with suboptimal designs that can be seen in nature.
vQw7 TIL Sean Connery wore a hairpiece for every James Bond movie, as he began balding at age 21
awXnZ TIL Apple prohibits “bad guys” from using iPhones in movies