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TIL that Alcatraz island is a federally protected bird sanctuary for a variety of different sea birds!

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JD8Q TIL The worst breach of U.S. military computers in history happened when someone picked up a memory stick they found in the parking lot and plugged it into their computer, which was attached to United States Central Command.
Jb5V TIL a stray dog saved a woman after she crashed down an embankment and was thrown through the back window of her car. The German Shepherd emerged from the woods, pulled her by the collar off the trunk and 50 yards through the briars to the road where she could be seen by passing motorists.
oRkbK TIL the classic "old people smell" is real and likely caused by a molecule called 2-nonenal, concentrations of which sharply increase in older individuals.
DMMp TIL The ozone hole, which was first spotted 25 years ago, is close to closing
jZJa TIL/Rapper Ervin McKinness tweeted “Drunk af going 120 drifting corners #F***It YOLO” then crashed, and died.