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TIL that “Uncle Sam” is an imitation of a British recruiting poster featuring Lord Kitchener.

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Oorne TIL: Researchers taught African grey parrots to buy food using tokens. They were then paired up, one parrot given ten tokens and the other none. Without any incentive for sharing, parrots with tokens started to give some to their broke partners so that everyone could eat.
4kLGN TIL The geographical diversity of the caucasian land makes it stand out from the rest. So does, the facial features of the caucasian borns.
xxLw TIL the term mothership is from the whaling trade when small, fast ships were used to chase and kill whales. The dead meat from several boats was then brought back to the larger, slower ship for processing and storage until the return to land.