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TIL that some non-stick cookware releases toxic fumes when overheated, which can be deadly to pet birds.

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4knog TIL that the Royal Albert Hall was ‘furious’ over Beatles "A Day in the Life" lyric. It only has 32 holes and it's not in Blackburn, Lancashire.
VMQm0 TIL In WW2, the USA and UK combined only lost 790,000 men, wheres the Soviets lost as many as 11,400,000 with Germany at 5,300,000 and the Chinese has the 3rd highest losses at 4,000,000.
W7d44 TIL that the actress that did the voice of Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go To Heaven was shot in the head by her father shortly after her lines were recorded. She was 10. And it took Burt Reynolds (Charlie) 63 takes to record his lines after this (goodbye scene). I can’t stop crying.
Z8EYa TIL The Swiss Air Force didn't respond to a hijacked airliner in their air space as it was outside normal office hours. A spokesman stated: "Switzerland cannot intervene because its airbases are closed at night and on the weekend"
mxKwO TIL that "fart" is one of the oldest words in the English language, and can be traced back to its Proto-Indo-European roots through its cognates in other European languages and Sanskrit