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TIL that cats are directly responsible, over the years, for the extinction of no fewer than 33 bird species worldwide. Meow

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m1m9P TIL that most scissors are suited for righties and tend to fold up paper rather than cut it when used by lefties.
b6EZ TIL Russian women pilots during WW2 would turn off their engines, and glide bomb German targets to avoid being heard on approach.
VBAe8 TIL the Nazis made a landing in North America during WW2.
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