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TIL that chickens are sometimes cannibals.

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68Wm TIL that a 2007 study found that the murder of Kitty Genovese was NOT witnessed by dozens of people who refused to help her
rbVe TIL a muppet obsessed fan once took a radio manager hostage, claiming that he had a bomb, and demanded that the rainbow connection song be played continuously for the next 12 hours.
kOawe TIL sharks enter a trance-like state known as tonic immobility when turned upside down. A female orca off the coast of California was observed rolling a Great White over to induce this state and was one of the first cases of predation on a Great White in the wild by anything other than a human.
vPMoj TIL that at Jim Henson’s memorial service on July 2 1990, Big Bird, puppeteer Carroll Spinney and Jim Henson‘s friend of 30 years, sang ‘it’s not easy being green’ (Kermit’s song) as a tribute to the late creator of the Muppets.
VOLQ TIL that the most senior crayon maker for Crayola revealed at his retirement party that he was colourblind his entire time working for the company