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TIL about the Crow Paradox. Crows have no difficulty telling humans apart, and even hold grudges against individuals, but for humans it's almost impossible to recognize individual crows

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b6Wg4 TIL Melissa McCarthy based her “Bridesmaids” character on The Food Network’s Guy Fieri. She even tried to convince the producers to let her wear short, white, spiky hair- but they denied that request, determining that as a bridge too far for the similarities.
l78ga TIL that the US' #1 all time fighter ace was named "Dick Bong"
vNlx TIL that it was a tradition in Ireland that if you donated a pint of blood, they’d give you a pint of Guinness to replace the iron.
5VKKP TIL that in 1989, a sudden invasion of medflies hit California. This invasion cost between 60 and 120 million USD in eradication efforts. A group called “The Breeders” claimed it was a deliberate attack by themselves in response to the governments decades long Malathion aerial sprays.
bLnN TIL that a small japanese railway company was so financially troubled that they started selling rice crackers, to the point that profits from selling rice crackers were double than those from the railway.