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4XPZ6 TIL there are seven species of perching birds named "attilas" after Attila the Hun (due to their very predatory and aggressive nature, despite their small size). Attilas are in the family Tyrannidae (the tyrant flycatchers).
YRJG TIL the man known for filing more lawsuits than anyone in the world filed a lawsuit against the Guinness Book of World Records for naming him so
baNQ TIL that New England grocer Market Basket doesn’t have self-checkout lanes because CEO Arthur T. Demoulas stated that he wanted “a human being waiting on a human being.”
W7y1d TIL: 242 known languages went extinct during the 20th century
GA1wN TIL that without thermal controls, the temperature of the international space station would soar to 250 degrees Fahrenheit while in the sun and plunge to minus 250 degrees In the shade.