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TIL prosecutors considered, but ended up not, calling a husband's parrot as a key witness in a wife-husband murder case after the bird kept repeating "don't shoot" in the victim's voice; wife found guilty anyway.

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5YQ4B TIL A man who survived a jump from the Golden Gate Bridge but broke his back on impact was saved from drowning by a sea lion who kept him afloat until rescuers could reach him.
0ngL TIL Serial killer Ivan Milat staged a nine-day hunger strike after being refused permission to play Sony Playstation games in his cell at the state’s toughest jail.
m1wXy TIL that according to a 2011 Yale University Study, those who feel more lonely prefer long, hot showers/baths while less lonely people prefer shorter, cooler showers/baths
gMj7y TIL that the majority of wireless communication in a wireless cellphones is not really wireless, communication mostly happens through ultra high speed communication cables which pass under the ground or under the oceans.
yVY4l TIL about the Nastapoka Arc, a near perfect circular shape in the eastern corner of Hudson Bay, covering more than 160 degrees of 450-km circle. Despite the shape, current consensus is against its being an impact crater.