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TIL The History of the African Grey Parrot...and there's surprising stuff!

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GoD5 TIL Two of Santa’s Reindeer, now known by “Donner” and “Blitzen” which mean “Thunder” and “Lightning” in German were originally named “Dunder” and “Blixem” after the Dutch words of the same meaning.
4XM6o TIL Goldfish have a memory-span of at least three MONTHS, not seconds, and can distinguish between different shapes, colors and sounds. By using positive reinforcement, goldfish can be trained to recognize and to react to light signals of different colors or to perform tricks.
KQXw TIL- that ‘noise’ you hear when you yawn or close your eyes tightly is produced by the Tensor Tympani muscle; only a small percentage of people can vibrate it at will
N771e TIL that the dog from Wizard of Oz was paid $125 per week which was more than some of the other actors in the film.
awLKM TIL of Messiah A. Johnson, an innocent man, who was convicted of robbing a Ghent beauty salon in 1998 and sentenced to 132 years in prison. He was only freed after about 20 years into his sentence by the Innocence Project.