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TIL that crows are incredibly intelligent birds, sometimes on par with 7-year-old children in terms of reasoning abilities. They've been known to use tools, recognize faces, and even hold grudges!

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6Lpl TIL that pink dolphins are just sun burnt albino dolphins
69X6m TIL about Odette Sansom Hallowes. An SOE agent during WWII, she was captured by the Gestapo, interrogated, tortured, and sentenced to death twice. She survived the war and was the first woman to be awarded the UK’s George Cross. In 1951 her GC was stolen, but later returned with an apology note.
LQWWP TIL The Mississippi University for Women has a Men’s Basketball team.
kOaZ5 TIL the kids that were trapped in the cave in Thailand were given ketamine, unbeknownst to the public, to sedate them during the terrifying rescue mission because the kids couldn’t swim and may have panicked during the daunting 2-mile underwater cave dive.
wLwo7 TIL Half of European men share King Tut’s DNA