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TIL Blue Manakin birds perform complex group dancing routines

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b6m70 TIL that half of all parrots are kept in captivity
awlnA TIL of John Mosbys Sack, a lost treasure buried in rural Virgina. In 1863 Confederate Colonel Mosby and his men snuck into the Fairfax VA county courthouse and got away with $350,000 in gold silver jewelry and heirlooms. He buried the sack between 2 large trees after the raid where it remains hidden
4X4lX TIL While Pope Gregory IX was in power, he declared that cats were to be associated with devil worship and had them exterminated. The disappearance of cats is believed to have helped rats spread Bubonic plague or black death.
XE6Xr TIL the Japanese voted instant noodles their best invention of the 20th Century
GARmN TIL: Japan has the world’s second highest adoption rate, but almost all adoptees are adults.