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TIL Crows have different warning calls – one for cats, and one for hawks, and another for humans – 250 in all

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WdG8 TIL the first time a top hat was worn in public, it caused a riot. According to reports, people booed, dogs barked, women fainted, and a small boy suffered a broken arm. The man charged with breaching the peace and ordered to pay a £50 fine.
OGyme TIL the sons of Bob Marley, Ziggy , Damian, and Stephen have won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album over ten times in the last 26 years
rRVL4 TIL that Omar Borkan Al Gala was asked to leave a cultural festival in Saudi Arabia because he was "too handsome". They feared female visitors would fall for him.
PrOZ TIL of Cunningham’s Law: “The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.”
xVprw TIL about the Fascinus or "the divine phallus" often depicted as a winged penis that the ancient Romans regarded as a deity and used as a symbol of protection against the evil eye