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TIL that Portland, Oregon uses falconers to deter crows from roosting in the city center

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QJLn9 TIL that there is a movement in journalism to move away from “if it bleeds it leads”. In the past, crises and conflicts were reported as-is, but journalists in this movement are also reporting on options, solutions, and ways in which things could and are getting better.
R5mya TIL that Volkswagen part number 199 398 500 A is a Currywurst sausage
7rNgO TIL Dennis Leary's foundation, the Fund for New York's Bravest, has distributed over $2 million to the families of the 343 firemen killed in the September 11 attacks in 2001
rKW1 TIL that in the 1960s there was an attempt to let humans travel via pneumatic tube (the Jetsons, Futurama, items sent in old timey office buildings) and was estimated to allow travel at 388 mph. It was scrapped due to cost.
YZpZ TIL the family members on “Duck Dynasty” created their characters entirely for the show. They didn’t even have beards before.