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TIL that Mike Tyson got into his first fight after an older boy had ripped the head off one of Tyson's pigeons

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rRw6W TIL: The death toll due to 9/11 continues to rise. Cases of "life-threatening illnesses such as mesothelioma and asbestosis" are being newly reported years after the incident, as victims in the vicinity were covered in dust from the World Trade Center, which was created using asbestos
4XLBR TIL: The vampire squid is not a squid or an octopus. It is the only living member of Vampyromorpha, an ancient cephalopod order which was a precursor to squids and octopuses
b9KwQ TIL Dogs and Cats Cause Over 80,000 Serious Fall Injuries in the US Per Year
A557 TIL If you put a bat on the ground, it would not be able to fly away. Bats require height and gravity to take off, which is why they hang from ceilings when resting.
bg97 TIL Bill Nye is the CEO of the Planetary Society, a non-profit originally founded in part by Carl Sagan to further space exploration