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TIL that crows and other birds have the same number of neurons as some primates, which explains their intelligent behavior.

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PYJWw TIL the British were the first nation to employ the use of Agent Orange as part of a starvation campaign during the Malayan Emergency in the early 1950’s. The US would adopt this strategy in 1961 in Vietnam.
6Ee0Q TIL that Geddy Lee (of Rush) was so inspired by his tour of the Negro Leagues Baseball museum in Kansas City that he bought at auction over 400 baseballs signed by Negro Leagues players and donated the entire collection to the museum.
BrRgD TIL that the last civil war veteran's widow died in 2004 at the age of 97.She married the 81 year old vet in 1927 when she was 21 and he was 81.
6EVXX TIL that Singapore Airlines has a "Corpse Cupboard", a cupboad used to store the body of anyone that dies on one of their flights.
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