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TIL 1 billion birds die a year from running into window glass

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wL89o TIL every example of the type of engine Thomas the Tank Engine was based off of were scrapped in the 60s.
x6OM7 TIL an fMRI study mapping the female genitals onto the sensory portion of the brain found that nipple self-stimulation activates the genital sensory cortex, the same area as clitoral, vaginal, and cervical self-stimulation.
GYaOQ TIL that in 1853 the US sent military ships to Japan and ordered them to open trade to the US or face military action.
8a874 TIL a California woman won $1.3 million in the lottery and filed for divorce 11 days later. She didn’t tell her husband, and two years later her husband found out all about it and sued her. The Judge awarded her husband all of her winnings.
8eeM4 TIL Bach wrote the Brandenburg Concertos in 1721 as part of a job application to the Margrave, which he never received a reply. The concertos were unpublished until 1850 and almost lost again during WWII