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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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OovDY TIL: Dancer Isadora Duncan was strangled in Nice, France, when the enormous silk scarf she was wearing got tangled in the rear hubcaps of her open car in 1927.
NXrYb TIL that when the British sent their first diplomatic mission to China in 1793, the Chinese spoke to them in Latin because last time they communicated diplomatically with Europeans was 1600 years ago with Roman empire.
R0Z7 TIL that the United States is one of only three countries (along with Somalia and South Sudan) that have not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
VMrVD TIL the Washington monument was constructed in 2 phases separated by over 2 decades, due to funding issues. The stones used in the 2nd phase was different from the one used earlier. Though they looked similar then, the stones have aged differently and the difference is clearly visible now.
mjPM TIL that in the late 80s, a mass moral panic swept across the US where many daycare providers were accused of ritual Satanic sexual abuse, with dozens jailed based solely on children’s testimony, who were coached by psychologists.