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TIL when Edgar Allen Poe wrote “The Raven”, he initially considered making the poem about a parrot.

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Xpo8 TIL there is a horror movie about an Orca who exacts revenge on the crew that murdered his mate. The actual Orcas in the film were a mated pair named Nepo and Yaka. When Nepo died 3 years later of pneumonia, Yaka stayed while he took his final breaths. She refused to leave him.
G0n5 TIL bunnies (foetuses and newborn) were declared fish by the Pope so monks, who had no access to fish in monasteries, had something to eat during Lent.
rRomd TIL That Tom Meschery was the NBA's first Russian player, was nicknamed the "Mad Russian" and was the first player to have his number retired by the Golden State Warriors
v1XYL TIL that men who had an immediate family member imprisoned during their childhood, are more likely to suffer a heart attack later in life.
eJWg TIL Nikola Tesla created the first logic gate in 1898 when he created the first remote controlled vehicle, over 50 years before Walther Bothe won the Nobel Peace Prize for it. He reportedly told onlookers multiple times it was simple science beforehand so that they would not think it witchcraft.