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TIL United Airlines has repeatedly killed more pets per year than any other US airline.

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b9N89 TIL that works by Martin Luther King, Ralph Ellison, Carl Jung, Timothy Leary, and more, including the original Mary Poppins and Pink Panther movies, would have entered the public domain in 2021 if the United States hadn't started extending copyright terms in 1976.
LQ07Q TIL that Studebaker made the world's "largest living advertisement" in 1938 by planting 8k pine trees to spell "STUDEBAKER" if viewed from the sky. Even though Studebaker has been gone for over 50 years, their pine tree logo lives on and is in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Z8jx4 TIL that an Indian with an advanced degree who wants to immigrate to the US has a waiting time over 150 years before they can get a green card and be allowed to immigrate
oGe8 TIL that belief in dragons evolved independently in both Europe and China, and possibly the Americas and Australia as well
jNLma TIL that the assassination of Abraham Lincoln was part of a larger plot that also included the assassination of then-VP Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward. However, Seward survived the attempt, and Johnson’s would-be assassin chickened out.