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TIL about a house made from the tombstones of 2,200 soldiers

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X01kE TIL the Great Horned Owl can be as big as 2' tall with a 4'6" wingspan and still weigh only 5 pounds. Their talons have the crush strength of a German Shepherd's bite, about 300 lbs/sq inch, so they can break the spines of their prey.
0wOMy TIL that Maya Angelou didn’t celebrate her birthday because of Martin Luther King’s death
VXdZ TIL that the worst industrial accident occured in Texas City, Texas in 1947. It was so powerful that it launched a 2 ton anchor over 2km, leveled 1,000 buildings and destroyed small aircraft flying overheard. It lead to the first class action lawsuit against the U.S. government.
1aOgd TIL lions love to play with discarded Christmas trees, and have an effect similar to catnip on cats.
6laZ TIL before R.L. Stine published his award winning children’s book series “Goosebumps” He was contracted to write “Spaceballs: The Book”