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TIL crows in New Caledonia were found to be bending twigs into hooks to extract food hidden in wooden logs. This confirms that wild birds can make tools.

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JYp8j TIL that there is no 't' in the shoe company Skechers' name
xVgAw TIL of Catharism, a Medieval Christian movement in which the New Testament God was the 'good' god and the Old Testament God was the 'evil' god, aka Satan. They were heavily persecuted and were the recipients of a crusade
nW6Md TIL the General Assembly building in New York is considered on extraterritorial land however in exchange for fire and police protection, they agrees to adhere to follow most federal, state and local laws.
ErBp TIL Beauty & the Beast may be based on a true story about a man (Petrus Gonsalvus) with an excessive hair disease called hypertrichosis and King Henry II of France had him educated then married off as an experiment