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TIL That in Order to Avoid Predators, Turkeys Sleep in Trees at Nigh!

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4keoa TIL that the UK has 5x more giant redwoods than California, mostly thanks to Victorians importing the seeds. 200 years later, the redwoods are beginning to dwarf native British trees, despite still being in their “sapling” stage.
4XbQX TIL: Alfred Hitchcock was so afraid of Psycho being spoiled ahead of time that he bought up as many copies of the original novel as possible. He also insisted that cinemas (for the first time) schedule screening times, sell tickets for those screenings, and not let anyone in after the film started.
R7J59 TIL of Julian the Hospitaller. According to tradition, he was cursed to kill his parents and so he is the patron saint of murderers.
wo5l7 TIL that Leo Fender, Founder, and Inventor Of Fender Guitars Could Not Play Guitar.
l70EN TIL during WW2 the US and Canada invaded a Japanese-held Alaskan island with more than 35,000 men. After more than 300 casualties and the near sinking of the destroyer USS Abner Read from traps, mines, and friendly fire; they realised there were no Japanese on the island.