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TIL after a shipment of Parakeets got accidentally released at JFK in the late 1960's The birds never left and have been living in Brooklyn ever since.

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5YxQn TIL that there is a monument in Georgia which gives instructions in 8 languages on how to rebuild society after an unknown apocalyptic event, whilst also functioning as a compass, calendar and clock
0wxlL TIL The bacteria that is responsible for the smell of blue cheese is the same one that is responsible for foot and other human body odours.
8GYV TIL Verizon received $2.1 billion in tax breaks in PA to wire every house with 45Mbps by 2015. Half of all households were to be wired by 2004. When deadlines weren’t met Verizon kept the money. The same thing happened in New York.
JYWrB TIL about the Kessler Syndrome: as more debris is sent up into orbit, more collisions occur that creates more debris leading a cascade of dangerous space debris that could trap us on this planet forever.
wLP5W TIL a cow in Poland escaped on its way to the slaughterhouse, broke through a metal fence, swam to a nearby island, and was allowed to live there after its owner gave up trying to recapture it.