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TIL skyscrapers kill over 1 billion birds per year

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EE1X TIL that HBO passed up “The Walking Dead” because it was “too violent.” They also passed up “Breaking Bad” and “Mad Men.”
VMjb8 TIL Wyoming's largest city, Cheyenne, only has a population of 63,235.
GL64 TIL American intelligence analysts were able to identify Soviet military bases in Cuba from aerial photos during the Cold War. Cuban military bases had baseball fields; the Soviets had soccer fields.
KOjxa TIL reflector (or reflex) sights have been used in some degree on weapons for just over 100 years
mgAP TIL a World’s Biggest Liar is an annual competition for telling lies, held in Cumbria, England. Politicians and lawyers are not allowed to enter the competition, because “they are judged to be too skilled at telling porkies”.