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TIL fish can recognize themselves in mirror reflections and photos

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m4WM TIL: Ravens are the only birds in the world that will fly towards the sound of gunfire, having learned a hunter may soon leave a gut pile for the raven to eat.
W71L9 TIL that when Augustus Caesar's came of age as a young man, he frequently had to attend the temple under the cover of darkness to evade the attention of older noblewomen who were attracted to his "comeliness" and "youthful charm".
9YaNG TIL James Taylor's song "Country Road" was inspired by Somerset Street in Belmont, Massachusetts, a wooded road running adjacent to the land owned by McLean Hospital where Taylor had committed himself in 1965 to receive treatment for depression
6EjmJ TIL that a 1964 earthquake liquified the glacial soil around Valdez, Alaska, causing an underwater landslide and tsunami. Roughly half the town (including the soil it was built on) was washed out to sea. The current site of the city is 4 miles away.
GY8P5 TIL that among all the equipment that cavers (spelunkers) need are also containers for securely transporting urine. On longer trips, containers for securely transporting feces out of the cave are carried as well. They must not leave behind that can disturb ecosystem in caves.