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

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aElM TIL The only Japanese who survived the Titanic lost his job because he became known as a coward in Japan for not dying with the other passengers.
9YbDB TIL the parachute was invented hundreds of years before the airplane, with some early parachute concepts dating all the way back to 1470
R7v5j TIL that meteorologists rely in part on data from commercial planes to accurately forecast weather. Under European regulations, all large aircraft must carry Mode-S EHS an enhanced surveillance navigation apparatus. Data collected by this apparatus is used to extrapolate wind speed and temperature.
0Zn5 TIL that the worlds 5th oldest tree, The Senator, was burned down by a meth addict.
VBVNm TIL that Congressman Vito Marcantonio, known for his socialist beliefs, was so popular in his Harlem district that he ran and won in both the Democratic and Republican primaries simultaneously