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TIL that Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" was the first YouTube music video to reach 100 million views, doing so back in 2008

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lWrA TIL a bird guides Kenyan people to beehives, which the bird feeds on after humans subdue the bees. A human-bird symbiotic relationship.
Rag9 TIL over half of all gun related deaths in the U.S. are suicides. Roughly 40% are homicides.
O49a TIL a New Zealand school ditched schoolyard restrictions on play, and saw a drop in bullying, serious injuries and vandalism, and concentration levels in class increase. Instead of a playground, children play in a “loose parts pit” which contains junk such as wood, tyres and an old fire hose.
lorna TIL Seneca once sat through the half time at a gladiatorial fight, the time when the bloodiest spectacles usually took place. He expected staged fights with blunt swords but instead described the specacle as "plain butchery", and adviced his friend never to attend the games
neo4W TIL A house cat bit its owner in the middle of the night to alert the family for the house fire. The family got out in time with no injuries and the fire department confirmed the cat was partially responsible for the rescue, "Hero kitty"