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TIL that you absolutely can pick up baby birds and their parents will not reject them as a result.

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epjE5 TIL that tracking habits daily can significantly improve goal achievement by reinforcing positive behaviors and increasing self-awareness.
6E0Ml TIL of the Petticoat Affair, where the wives of every member of Andrew Jacksons Cabinet ostracized John Eaton and his wife Peggy from social events. Martin Van Buren had to resign as Secretary of State in order to resolve the issue.
Jrdk TIL about “Curiosity”, an ‘experimental’ online mobile game by Peter Molyneux promising the winner a 'life-changing’ prize. There was a winner, back in May of 2013. He still hasn’t gotten his prize.
BZxd TIL that in 1912 someone invented a 2 wheel car that used gyroscopes to stay upright, and it was based on a fictional book released only a year before.
woZYY TIL, in the January 1982 California floods, more than 18,000 landslides swept through the SF Bay Area killing 33 and causing $280 million in damages.