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TIL Alex the Parrot is the only non-human animal to have ever asked an existential question. It also had a vocabulary of 100+ words.

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pN0O TIL that a Japanese magazine illegally released the names of juveniles tried and convicted for the rape, torture, and murder of a 16 year old girl, saying that “human rights aren’t needed for brutes.”
0w5g5 TIL WHINSEC formerly the US Army School of the Americas trains many of South America's dictators, assassins and death squads to this day
aw1xA TIL in Texas' first drive-thru strip club has 2-song limit
69e8l TIL panic was named after Pan, the Greek god of the wilds. The state of wild, mindless fear was believed to be a curse derived from his wrath, or even from his mere presence nearby.
WkQ4A TIL there is a PUBLIC High School in Brooklyn that produced 5 Nobel Prize WINNERS, 3 US Senators, 1 Supreme Court Judge and numerous other scientists, artists and entertainers.