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TIL birds truly are government spies... US military funds research on crows' facial recognition abilities for "enemy tracking"

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rVR0 TIL: Adobe tried to outlaw photoshop as a verb in their TOS preferring: “The image was enhanced using Adobe® Photoshop® software.” instead of “The image was photoshopped.”
Z8nv4 TIL that when ballpoint pens were first introduced in 1945, they cost $12.50 each, which would be $182 today's money.
kONr7 TIL that Seth MacFarlane wanted to end Family Guy in 2011 "while the show was still strong."
4Xbr6 TIL the price of a loaf of bread has risen by 11,000% in the past 100 years thanks to inflation and will cost almost $200 next century if prices rise at the same rate.
epWEk TIL the company that makes ‘Baby Ruth’ candy sued Babe Ruth for company infringement when he tried to create his own candy company. They claimed it was named after Grover Cleveland’s daughter, Ruth, who had died 17 years before the candy hit the market. Babe Ruth lost the suit.