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TIL: House cats are extremely effective hunters; domestic and feral cats kill billions of birds every year in the US alone. Putting a loud/extremely visible collar on cats can help warn birds from cat attacks.

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nWwDG TIL that in 1963, the Japanese song "Ue o Muite Arukō" became the first song in a non-European language to top the US charts. The song, inspired by the US military’s presence in Japan, is about whistling to stop yourself from crying.
16OxW TIL that the two candidates in the 1886 Tennessee Gubernatorial Election were brothers. The two campaigned alongside each other, spending the first half of each campaign stop engaging in political banter and telling stories and the second half playing fiddle tunes while the crowd danced.
6BRY TIL There is a wikipedia article dedicated to people who have claimed to be Jesus
nePl7 TIL that Sai, traditional eastern asian weapons, were actually more similar in usage to bludgeoning weapons than to daggers - The middle part of a Sai isn't even pointy!
awyKo TIL that before the 1930s up to 45% of the male population of Mongolia were Buddhist monks. By the democratic revolution in 1990 there were only 30 practicing monks.