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TIL how devastating windows are to birds

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GAP6E TIL each week, Katz's Delicatessen serves 15,000 lb of pastrami, 8,000 lb of corned beef, 2,000 lb of salami and 4,000 hot dogs
8Wyb TIL There is a species of firefly in the U.S.’s Great Smokey Mountains that synchronize their flashing patterns so that they all light up at the same time.
ANl4w TIL about “exclusion water” or the process of adding an extra hydrogen molecule to your water in order to “improve your life”. Snake oil never changes.
wLlGJ TIL David Bowie's final album "Blackstar" was heavily influenced by Kendrick Lamar's "To Pimp A Butterfly"
RXY6 TIL that the national fruit of Jamaica, the ackee, is poisonous in all but one small portion, and that portion is only safe to eat after the fruit has naturally opened on its own. Eating it prematurely or any other part at all causes “Jamaican Vomiting Sickness,” which can lead to coma or death.