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TIL of Alex the parrot,the only non human animal to ever ask an existential question

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R7NO8 TIL 'chip pans' are the single largest cause of fires in the U.K., causing over 12,000 each year. Some cities even offer chip pan 'amnesty' programs where you can trade in your outdated deep-sided chip pan for a deep-fryer
JKjV TIL when Soviet Minister Molotov stated that the cluster bombs being dropped on Finland were actually food, the Finns began sarcastically calling the bombs “Molotov bread baskets,” which they responded to with their own “Molotov cocktails,” as “a drink to go with the food.”
a89LJ TIL A contaminated rooftop air-conditioning unit at the Opera House Hotel in the Bronx caused the biggest outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York, where 12 people died
x6Eb5 TIL that what we call black tea in english is actually called red tea (红茶 hóngchá) in China. The term black tea (黑茶 hēichá) is actually used to describe a fermented tea called Pu'er
OGjMX TIL in 1957, the BBC aired an April Fools news report about 'spaghetti harvesting' in Switzerland, showing farmers picking pasta from trees. The hoax was so convincing that even the BBC Director General was fooled, and viewers called in asking how to grow their own spaghetti trees.