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TIL that airports use birds, like ravens and raptors, in order to drive birds away from the landing and departing aircraft.

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D1N9p TIL that Samurai in Japan had the right to execute commoners who paid them disrespect. This right continued until the 1870s, when the Samurai were abolished, as Japan modernized its military into a national fighting force modeled on Western standards.
ablb TIL that after the US defeated favored France for the rugby gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics, French fans invaded the field. Police and French players defended the Americans from the crowd. Boos and hisses interrupted the US national anthem at the medal ceremony.
P1JpL TIL there was a study sponsored by sugar companies in the 1960's and written by Harvard researcher D. Mark Hegsted that claimed sugar was harmless and it was fat that caused heart attacks
0dx9N TIL about the origin of the golf term "bogey". In the 1890s, golfers competed against "Colonel Bogey", an imaginary player, who scored a predetermined number of strokes on each hole
5VKkD TIL that tetanus is the only vaccine-preventable disease that is caused by an infection but is not contagious.