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TIL Bird populations are plummeting, and cats alone are responsible for killing billions of birds every year in the lower 48 states.

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v9L TIL Rolex is a lot of hype and became expensive during the 80’s with ‘yuppies’ buying them up. They also are not handmade and are mass produced.
rVX1 TIL The Last Emperor of China lived until 1967, and was a communist prisoner for years tending a vegetable garden simply as “Prisoner No. 981”
a8njN TIL the series "Schoolhouse Rock!" was the idea of an ad executive who noticed his young son was struggling with learning multiplication tables, yet had no problem memorizing lyrics. He asked Bob Dourough to set them to music. This ended up becoming the song "Three is a magic number".
E158w TIL Nicolas Cage was considered for the role of Randy "The Ram" Robinson in The Wrestler. When taken to a live event, he thought wrestling was real like UFC! In the end, the crew had a meeting where it was determined that Cage looked too healthy for the part, so the role went to Mickey Rourke.
0w8GA TIL of Noor Inayat Khan, an Indian woman who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for her service during WWII. She was the first female wireless operator to be parachuted into France to assist the French resistance. Later betrayed by a a member of the resistance, she would be executed in Dachau