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TIL the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility's mirror arrays focus light into beams so powerful that they kill thousands of birds a year, setting them on fire in flight

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mx1GM TIL cabbages and celery are used as sound effects for stabbing and for breaking bones
eppNL TIL Movie theaters in Iceland, Switzerland, Egypt, Turkey and India have an intermission in the middle of the movie. It lasts around 10 minutes, which allows customers to hit the concession stalls or use the restroom
xVNLb TIL Boeing 737 Max airplanes Flight control run on, Collins Aerospace FCC-730 series computers, first built in 1996. Each computer features a pair of single-core, 16-bit processors that run independently of each other.
x6lVk TIL the first copy of Rolling Stone magazine came with a free roach clip to hold your joints.
p8NLO Today I learned that the term "NSFW" was invented to prevent British school kids from seeing things they are not supposed to be exposed to.