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TIL Magpies in Australia are not related in anyway to Magpies in the rest of the world.

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W8xY TIL: A UPS driver who spotted “call 911” scrawled on a package helped police free a woman who had been held captive in her own home and sexually assaulted, authorities said.
opnA TIL that after Kanye’s interruption of Taylor Swifts acceptance speech, Comedy Central played a South Park episode mocking Kanye’s ego, four times in a row, back to back.
5YdND TIL Reindeer eyes change to a blue color in winter to help gather light during the dark arctic months and return to a golden color during the spring and summer.
XE5xk TIL that in 2006, Channel 4's "Gadget Show" tested the durability of an 'Indestructible USB' by cooking it with propane, freezing it with dry ice, submerging it in acidic liquids, running over it in a Jeep, and firing it against a wall with a mortar cannon - all data was recovered from the USB.
7vYO TIL that in 2007 a gorilla escaped from his exhibit, grabbed and mauled a nearby woman, and then attacked a restaurant. It was later revealed it was caused by the woman making eye contact and smiling at him several times a week, which zookeepers told her not to do.