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TIL of crow funerals - crows are among the few social creatures that have certain rituals that honor their dead fellows.

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QNXl9 TIL that Andrew Jackson became the first U.S. president to be subjected to both a physical assault and an assassination attempt. In 1833, Robert B. Randolph struck Jackson in the face with his hand, and in 1835, Richard Lawrence pulled two pistols on Jackson, both of which misfired.
neKy9 TIL the fate of the Tiananmen Square Tank Man is unknown.
AeBx TIL potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, chili peppers, petunias, and tobacco are all closely related, in the family of plants named after extremely poisonous nightshade, also closely related.
dpw7 TIL- The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant which suffered a reactor melt down in 1986, continued to produce electricity until 2000, and still has three intact nuclear reactors.
ANa94 TIL The fold of skin forming an open pouch on the lower posterior part of the cat external ear is called Henry's pocket