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TIL crows and owls hate each other and will instinctively attack each other on site, even when they’ve had no previous exposure.

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XOpP TIL that the title for the Longest Recorded Sniper kill shot at 2,815 m is held by an Australian Special Forces Sniper in Afghanistan. Unlike the others in the top 10, the Australian was remained unnamed as he was fighting with a secret identity.
NP0E TIL Amish Mafia on Discovery is completely fake (as opposed to just being kinda fake) [snopes]
p8yZN TIL a man spent two years, planting thousands of flowers, to help bring his blind wife out of depression
MeBY0 TIL that Draconic measures mean Severe, strictly even ridiculously harsh measures.
Ym8x TIL that Anna Paquin went to an audition of The Piano because she had nothing better to do. Selected among 5,000 candidates for the role in The Piano she earned the 1993 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11 making her the second-youngest Oscar winner in history.