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TIL for every bird killed by a windmill around 1700 are killed by cars.

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xdk TIL that the Romans had all the necessary mechanical devices to build a steam engine
XEW0Q TIL cows are the cause of 20 times more deaths than sharks. Whenever a cow gets scared they will charge and attack, considering they are over 1000 pounds death due to a cow charge is highly plausible. Sharks usually only kill humans when they mistake them for some other source of food like a turtle.
YpdDZ TIL that old timers in Alaskans are known as “sourdoughs.” This is because Experienced miners and other settlers frequently carried a pouch of starter either around their neck or on a belt to keep it active in freezing Alaska winters.
pME4 TIL 42 year old New York Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon used stem cells to regenerate broken tissue in his throwing arm. He is the oldest pitcher in the MLB.
0dWxv TIL on 1971, the WLBT TV station in Mississippi had its license revoked for biaised coverage of the Civil Rights movement, cutting pro-Civil Rights materiel because of "Cable Trouble from New York" while allowing reporters to use racial slurs and carrying the "Citizens’ Council Forum"