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TIL crows can remember faces and hold grudges for at least fifteen years

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p1eN TIL that due to the Revenue Service Act of 1790, The US Coast Guard can board your boat any time they want, and look anywhere they want, without probable cause or a warrant.
75ZX TIL that Prince Andrew, Duke of York served as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot for two decades. The UK government wanted to prevent him from serving in combat during the 1982 Falklands War, but his mother Queen Elizabeth insisted that Andrew fight. The Duke served in anti-missile decoy, ASW, and SAR.
gM6P7 TIL that due to the centrifugal force resulting from the rotation of the Earth, we weigh roughly 0.5% less at the equator than at the poles.
VO9k TIL there is an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that has been pending ratification since 1810. It would strip the citizenship from any American who accepts a title of nobility from another country.
aw4AZ TIL that a Ukrainian woman named Mariya oktyabrskaya sold all her possessions so she could donate a tank to help with the war and requested to drive so she could kill Nazis after her husband died fighting in the war.she was promoted to sergeant and awarded a bravery during combat award