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TIL the call of the common loon — a bird native to the northern USA and Canada — has become a staple sound effect in global pop and EDM music, and is often used to evoke a sense of wilderness.

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9wNeQ TIL Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was influenced to pursue her career in law after watching 12 Angry Men, noting juror 11's reverence for the justice system. When she was a lower court judge she would tell jurors not to follow the film's example because it was based on speculation, not fact.
wLXV7 TIL There is a disease where carbohydrates are converted to alcohol in a person's digestive system, setting them drunk whenever they consume carbs
nW5ko TIL that the UK armed forces have to be reauthorised by legislation every five years, because the UK Bill of Rights 1688 makes a standing army illegal without the consent of Parliament.
yQMkl TIL there is a hybrid of a cow and a bison and they are called 'Beefalo'.
XePP TIL that the study that stated that the MMR vaccine can cause autism was scientifically discredited.