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TIL that some birds are capable of forming complex sentences as part of their own language, the first non-human creature ever known to do so

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4Ne5 TIL Potato chips were invented in 1853 when a cook got fed up with a customer sending his fried potatoes back to the kitchen for being too soggy. To spite the customer, he sliced the potato as thin as he could, deep fried them to hell, and dumped piles of salt on them. They were instantly loved.
aDEL TIL In 1968 in Mattoon, Illinois, a small restaurant called “Burger King” won a lawsuit against the giant fast food chain of the same name because they had trademarked the name first. Today, there are no Burger Kings legally allowed within 20 miles if the Mattoon location.
OGEm4 TIL that during one July, 2007 segment of Fox & Friends they described the children's TV host Fred Rogers as evil for supposedly encouraging generations of children to grow up with a sense of self-entitlement. They also used titles such as "Blame Mr. Rogers," and "Was Mr. Rogers Wrong?"
6E8AW TIL how Native Americans could easily take down the mighty buffalo. The buffalo’s lungs share the same compartment (unlike humans who have two separate compartments). So when an arrow/spear pierces the Buffalo’s lung cavity (pleura), both lungs collapse, bringing the buffalo down swiftly.
Egk10 TIL the small white flowers along roadsides in the UK is called Danish Scurvy Grass, a coastal plant that thrives in the central reservation due to winter road salt accumulation.