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TIL House Sparrows and other birds have been known to use shopping carts as Trojan Horses to enter stores.

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yVVeM TIL that the brown-headed cowbird is an obligate brood parasite; it lays its eggs in the nests of other small birds. Once hatched the young cowbirds are fed by the host parents at the expense of their own young. More than 140 different species of birds are known to have raised young cowbirds.
d8K8E TIL the actress who played Carol Stills on The Office has been married to Steve Carrel since 1995.
kjwg TIL that Iran is the only country in the world that allows citizens to trade kidneys for money via a regulated marketplace. There is no waiting list for transplant patients. Citizens are even exempted from military service if they donate as the gvt. contends they have already served their country.
b99J9 TIL Africa has a miniature species of Antelope named the Dik-dik. Full grown adults stand only about a foot tall.
BgaOy TIL Carolina Reaper is the hottest pepper in the world, with 2.2 million Scoville units. It is 22 times hotter than a habanero. It was bred in Rock Hill, SC, by Ed Currie, proprietor of the Puckerbutt Pepper Company.