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TIL the Lyre Bird can mimic car alarms, chainsaws, and camera shutters

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bnW4 TIL speeding is attributable to about 3% of accidents. Less than falling asleep at the wheel.
e0KmJ TIL that David Bowie declined knighthood and other awards from the Queen because and he explained: 'It’s not what I spent my life working for.”"
AygB TIL that in 2009 Billy Joel’s daughter tried to commit suicide by taking a bunch of homeopathic pills. She survived.
e0VeJ TIL that wisdom tooth extraction is a $3 billion per year industry in the USA. As many as 70% of wisdom teeth extractions are unnecessary, and that stopping these unnecessary extractions would reduce the average yearly income of an American dentist by as much as 40%.
VMK8D TIL On April 30th 2003, the world rocket sled speed record was broken at Holloman High Speed Test Track, New Mexico. The sled reached Mach 9, 9465 feet per second (6453 mph) producing 228,000lbs thrust over 1.4 seconds. The track speed limit is currently set at Mach 10.