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TIL, cats kill approximately 3 billion birds per year.

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Kmka TIL that the color now known as “School bus yellow” was especially formulated for use on school buses in North America because this yellow is noticed quicker in peripheral vision than any other color.
QJaVd TIL Cats can hold grudges for around 16 hours
vO17 TIL George Lucas wanted to build a movie studio on his San Francisco area property but was denied permission by his posh neighbors. After 25 years of litigation, he has now decided to build low-income housing on the property.
LQV5p TIL the Drake Equation is a scientific formula to estimate how many intelligent extraterrestrial civilizations within our galaxy are within radio communications range of Earth. Formulated in 1961, the original estimate was a minimum of 20.
d9lB TIL that when Anne Frank’s family was arrested, her father showed the officer her height markers on the wall to prove how long they had been hiding, and after the diary was published, the officer said, “I bought the little book last week, to see if I was mentioned there, but I was not.”