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TIL New York City implemented a bird-killing program to reduce bird strikes at LaGuardia Airport. Over 70,000 birds have been culled since Flight 1549's ditching in the Hudson River in 2009.

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WkQA8 TIL Washington Redskins' owner Dan Snyder once cut down trees along the Potomac River so that he could see it from his house. The trees were located in a national park, and a ranger who raised concern about the issue was raided by US Marshals.....
4Xwlo Til that 2020 is the end of the decade instead of 2019 because the Gregorian calendar starts at 1, and there is no year zero.
NXYD8 TIL Woody and Brett Harrelson were born to a hitman who murdered a federal judge
Y7RwG TIL that the first victim of 9/11 was Danny Lewin, he understood the hijacker’s on Flight 11 and tried to thwart the hijacking, but was unfortunately killed.
We4L TIL one of the Popes was a 100% accident. In the Middle Ages, cardinals would often vote for a random candidate on the first papal ballot in order to see how the other cardinals were leaning, but in 1334 this backfired when they all voted for the same person: the very surprised Pope Benedict XII.