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TIL There is a theory as to why cuckoo egg hosts knowingly raise cuckoos: they do it or else the cuckoo will destroy their nest and kill their young.

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w8g1 TIL James Blunt “sold his sister” on EBay as a “damsel in distress” when she could not find transportation to a funeral. She ended up marrying the man that won the auction.
vDo7 TIL that in medieval Germany, married couples could legally settle their disputes by fighting a Marital Duel. To even the field, the man had to fight from inside a hole with one arm tied behind his back. The woman was free to move and was armed with a sack filled with rocks.
6woW TIL that Kesha, when auditioning for record labels, presented two demos: a “gorgeously sung, self-penned country ballad” and a “gobsmackingly awful trip-hop track”, allowing the label to decide which sound she should use as an artist.
ep4k6 TIL that the production team of "Elf" (2003) approached Macy’s to use their store for the film, but Macy’s declined as they didn’t like the idea that there was a fake Santa working in the store. Instead, the department store scenes were shot in the cafeteria of a mental hospital in Vancouver.
Y7prP TIL more soldiers were executed during the civil war than all other American wars combined. Two-thirds of them were for desertion.