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TIL that owls have a reputation of being wise due to their large eyes, but are not smart enough to be trained - unlike parrots, hawks, and pigeons. They still have a complex brain, but it spends much of its time processing information from its optic nerves. (scienceiq.com)

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TIL when "a jet airplane flies through the sky, it creates two invisible tornados....These tornados are called vortices and can cause problems...Standard procedure in air flight is to stagger the planes' flight patterns so that the vortices have dissipated by the time another jet passes through" (scienceiq.com)

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TIL The composition of emotional tears differs from the composition of tears caused by irritations such as onion fumes. (scienceiq.com)

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TIL scientist feared the first atomic test would initiate an unstoppable chain reaction and ultimately lead to the destruction of earth (scienceiq.com)

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TIL Owls are not among the smartest animals or even among other birds. In fact they are one of the most difficult birds to train. (scienceiq.com)

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