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TIL studies show that experiencing Déjà vu is more likely to occur in individuals with more education, travel experience, and liberal attitudes. It also greatly diminishes as a person ages.

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OogDX TIL that wild birds in Australia can be heard swearing, having learned the words from escaped pets
Xgnr TIL asparagus can grow up to 7 inches in a day, and a farmer can harvest spears more than once a day from the same plant.
nexoo TIL Raffi the beloved children’s singer has a charity called The Centre for Child Honouring which advocates for a child’s right to live free of commercial (advertising) exploitation. Raffi has consistently turned down all endorsement offers including a lucrative one for a Baby Beluga motion picture
E1w8W TIL that in 1712 a swiss doctor found a skeleton that he thought was a human who died in the flood of Noah. In 1826, George's Cuvier, one of the founders of paleontology, reexamined it. It turned out to be a giant salamander.
XEZZj TIL turkeys were always presented to presidents to be killed for their Thanksgiving meals. Then in 1989 George HW Bush became the first to pardon a turkey instead.