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TIL according to a 2014 study, about 1 billion birds died from window strikes in the US alone every year

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5dvB TIL that Google is claiming users have no expectation of privacy in their legal defenses, while promising users their privacy is Google’s top priority everywhere else.
Gjdg TIL Hans Christian Andersen struck a friendship with Charles Dickens but wore out his welcome when his visit to Dickens’ home stretched out to five weeks
VOkp TIL it was a Somali president, Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, who was the first leader in Africa to peacefully hand over power to a democratically elected successor. He lived another 40 years after the handover to 2 days short of 100 years-old
Eg1WW TIL: General Santa Anna, of Alamo fame, is credited with helping introduce chewing gum to the United States by trying to sell tree sap to tire makers.
GMvN TIL Listerine was sold as a cure for gonorrhea in the 19th century. But it wasn’t a success until the 1920s, when it was pitched as a solution for bad breath. Listerine’s ads featured women turned off by their mate’s bad breath. Until that time, bad breath was not considered such a catastrophe.