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TIL the classic board game Risk was invented by Albert Lamorisse, an Academy Award-winning filmmaker.

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kO8ZB TIL free-ranging cats kill billions of birds annually in the US. They are the the #1 anthropogenic cause of death for birds
X8vk TIL there are 5 enormous cylindrical shafts underneath of Tokyo, Japan which fill with water in case of a flood so it does not to destroy the city.
b6Vva TIL - Viking age DNA reveals 9,000-year-old HIV-resistant gene originating near the Black Sea
b9ek9 TIL in time of Crisis the italian parliament can stop democratic functions in the country and give power to people with "expert skills" without any political affiliation, transforming the country into a Technocracy.
ANVDB TIL that we humans have no sensors to detect low levels of oxygen unlike in movies where people gasp in oxygen depleted environments. Three seafarer were in killed in a chain locker room in a ship and the oxygen was depleted because of rust.