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TIL parrots are able to dance perfectly in time with music, and this may be connected to their ability to mimic and speak

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YpXdW TIL while filming ‘The Princess Bride,’ André the Giant said his favorite thing about being on set was that “nobody looked at him strangely or singled him out because of his immense size.”
wLyyJ TIL that the largest ocean liner built entirely in the United States (and designed by an American) is sitting derelict in Philadelphia, PA in danger of becoming scrap.
Yp9WB TIL: That Hitler was lazy and incompetent and that his government was a clown show
kObJg TIL that sharks are older than trees
ANWLa TIL: Aaron Burr head a conspiracy to secede from the Union in the early 18th century. In the final months he would be outed by general Wilkinson who was a Co-conspirator with a history of treason.