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TIL that birds have their own regional accents!

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N16e TIL that Australia banned an episode of Peppa Pig because it taught children not to be afraid of spiders.
n0KG TIL female elephants are frequently bisexual and use their trunks to do the nasty.
R5j1j TIL that in 2012, a group of Saudi ghost hunters conducted a mas surprise raid on haunted sites in Saudi Arabia to look for djinn (Muslim mythological creatures similar to ghosts). The raids were initially successful, but were later foiled by Saudi police and 200 people were arrested.
gMm48 TIL that the North Korean animation studio SEK Studio has been subcontracted to work on many international animation projects, the most notable being The Simpsons Movie (2007).
GGY7 TIL In March 1942 Life Magazine published 6 maps showing possible German/Japanese invasion plans into the US.