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TIL crows hold ‘funerals’ and will avoid an area or thing that is deemed dangerous to their own species. In other words, they know what death is and know to fear it.

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N78lM TIL that Ralph Lauren's real name was Ralph Lipschitz.
MeRkm TIL that the University of Glasgow created an artificial tongue using gold and aluminum that can distinguish between whiskeys with 99% accuracy, with the goal of reducing counterfeit alcohol in circulation.
Eg4wo TIL the average annual household income of a Broadway theater attendee is $261,000
9YQGr TIL: Playing cards featuring summaries of cold cases and victims' photos have been made available to prison inmates in several U.S. states. So far, approximately 40 cases have been solved as a direct result of being featured on the cards.
wgE6 TIL In 2011, NASA’s Terra satellite spotted a 150km-wide whirlpool in the S. Atlantic. It stood out because it was glowing.