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TIL Hundreds of millions of birds are killed each year colliding with manmade structures

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Rr18 TiL the Mediterranean filled in just 2 years when the Atlantic breached what we know as the straight of Gibraltar.
LkBYZ TIL of the Youth International Party, a US political party in the 1960’s who’s nomination for president was a pig named Pigasus
6EabY TIL that drinking mixed drinks made with fruit or vegetable juices can lessen your hangover as the fructose helps return portions of the body’s chemical balance back to normal following alcohol consumption.
b6Rya TIL that the flexbone formation in American football which is commonly used by military academies to run the triple option was actually first used in the run and shoot offense,which is a pass heavy offense
4klgN TIL that after WWII, Japan faced a massive meth crisis when surplus military methamphetamine, originally given to kamikaze pilots and soldiers, flooded the black market leading to the world’s first major stimulant epidemic.