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TIL that gambling is analogous to a scarcity-related foraging behavior found in non-human species.

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p8Anp TIL Ernesto Miranda's supreme court case led to the Miranda rights (“you have the right to remain silent...”). Miranda himself was later killed in a bar fight. His killer got away with it... because he chose to remain silent.
4XYG5 TIL that airports use birds, like ravens and raptors, in order to drive birds away from the landing and departing aircraft.
4X4gw TIL After North Korea banned Choco pies, South Korea airlifted 10,000 of them across the DMZ with balloons
7rbQb TIL that before 2005 at Washington Reagan National Airport, 30 minutes prior to landing or following takeoff, passengers were required to remain seated. If anyone stood up, the aircraft was to be diverted to Dulles under military escort and the person standing would be detained and questioned
nW6D7 TIL that Leonard Nemoy directed "Three Men and A Baby".