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TIL that domestic cats kill 1.3 - 4.0 billion birds and 6.3 - 22.3 billion mammals annually in the United States.

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e0E5b TIL shortly before the Ford Focus reached the German market, the publisher of the Focus magazine had the court order Ford to change their compact's name. However, the two companies managed to work it out and the Ford Focus could keep its name in Germany.
l7l65 Today I Learned, manatees congregate in the warm springs around Florida and also near power plants.
Xp06 TIL: In 1973, a kid entered a Marvel Comics competition to design a new superhero. His published entry had a metal skeleton and was called Wolverine. Six months later, Wolverine made his first appearance in a comic with no credit for the kid.
woYe1 TIL that the world's oldest known piece of chewing gum is over 5,700 years old and was made from birch bark tar.
RMg1 TIL that there was a Navy Seal so elite, they created his own unit just for him. And he kidnapped Admirals and infiltrated US military bases. His name, Richard Marcinko.