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TIL a startup is teaching crows to pick up cigarette butts from city streets

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grXdW TIL that Godzilla vs Kong's "Dr. Nathan Lind" isn't Alexander Skarsgård's only role as an ape-allied character. He was also an ape ally as "Tarzan" in "The Legend of Tarzan". Alexander also acted as "Eric Northman" on "True Blood" before his role as "Amleth" in "The Northman".
1aEYr TIL about a traditonal British pudding called ”spotted dick”, which is made with flour, suet and dried fruits.
9YQbX TIL that the first commercial passenger airliner to be shot down by hostile forces was refurbished, returned to service, and later became the third commercial passenger airliner to be shot down by hostile forces.
NXL0M TIL that Petra is a female black swan who made headlines between 2006 and 2008 for falling in love with a pedalo shaped like a swan on the Aasee, a lake in Münster, Germany. Reported missing in January 2009, she was finally found on another lake, this time with a partner of her own species.
7O5p TIL The Senator, once the fifth-oldest tree in the world and largest pond cypress, was burned to the ground by a meth addict.