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TIL the word “Adrenalin” - which would become genericized as “adrenaline” - is actually a trademarked name for the hormone “epinephrine.”

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N7Z6 TIL Crows can recognize human faces, plan their actions in advance, have their own “language,” and can potentially ruin human civilization.
oRpyY Today I learned that Charles Foussard spent 70 years and 303 days in custody in Ararat, Victoria (Australia) between 1903 and 1974 for killing an old man and stealing his boots, making him the prisoner with the longest effective incarceration. He died while still incarcerated.
NaAb TIL the oldest man alive is a holocaust survivor whose children died in the Warsaw Ghetto
p8Ywb TIL in 1948 Canada wasn't going to sent a Hockey team to the Olympics, so the Royal Canadian Air Force sent some servicemen to represent the country, and they won Gold.
9wpDD TIL actor Marlon Brando was an avid conga player, and he patented a self-tuning drum head shortly before he passed away.