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TIL outdoor cats are the #1 threat to bird populations. They have contributed to the extinction of 33 bird populations and are responsible for roughly 2.4 billion in bird losses per year.

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lMor TIL the popular steel slide guitar sound of Hawaii was taught to them by visiting cowboys from a small town in California.
6Z0X TIL that under a secret, Navy-funded project, WWII scientists actually tried to turn sharks into living remote-controlled suicide bombers.
N70Lb TIL: William Brewster, leader of the Plymouth Colony in America, named his children Jonathan, Patience, Fear, Love, and Wrestling.
E1KlW TIL the Indian pitta (Pitta brachyura) gets its name from Telegu meaning "small bird" and it is called Arumani kuruvi or 6 o'clock bird in Tamil. It has a distinctive two note whistling call which is heard around 6AM and around 6PM. During migrations, the bird occasionally flies into people's homes.
RV8w TIL: The 2.3 million Americans currently incarcerated constitute the largest prison population in the world, and account for 25 percent of the global prison population.