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TIL that NYC is an ideal habitat for Peregrine falcons. With abundant food year round, the city boasts the highest concentration of the birds on the planet.

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1aGG8 TIL of Jonny Kim. His accomplishments include being a former Navy Seal with 100 combat missions, a Doctorate of Medicine from Harvard, and will soon be an astronaut for NASA
64KQ TIL That the X-rays from an atomic bomb are so powerful, they can compress lithium until it causes a fusion explosion… even without the shockwave. Its called a “Teller-Ulam” nuclear weapon, and it uses an atomic bomb as a “spark plug”.
8exka TIL the opposite of jealousy is compersion
AZ8B TIL the Swiss army accidentally invaded the Liechtenstein, two times.
oBY1R TIL that upon hearing of the Teutoburg incident (9 CE) a.k.a the Varian Disaster, where three whole legions were wiped in an ambush by Germanic tribes, Emperor Augustus was so shaken that he stood butting his head against the walls of his palace shouting 'Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions'