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TIL that the inventor of the frisbee was cremated and made into frisbees after his death.

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awZQy TIL that it was on September 7, 1905 that the first ever bird strike by an airplane was reported, and by none other than Wilbur Wright, an aviation pioneer, as recorded in his diary. This incident occurred when his aircraft hit a bird over Bread's cornfield near Dayton, Ohio.
XxNk TIL that when Alfred Hitchcock was filming Psycho, he bought as many copies of the book version as he could so that audiences wouldn’t be able to know the ending before seeing the film
OGErX TIL that in 1989, Patricia Stallings was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her first son via antifreeze poisoning. and had another son who was taken to foster care but was diagnosed with MMA, a genetic disorder. It was found that the first son also had MMA, and Stallings was released.
a5G0 TIL that a sparrow was shot because it knocked over 23000 domino bricks, just 4 days prior to the Domino Day Event. The shooter was later fined for shooting an endangered species.
a8E60 TIL the Philippines are so named after the Spanish King Philip II, and the inhabitants are called ‘Filipino’ due to the native spelling of his name, being ‘Felipe’.