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TIL between 365 million and 988 million birds are killed annually by striking buildings in the United States

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9wAQm TIL In the sport of cricket, a "five-wicket haul" or a "five-for" is called a "Michelle" in honor of Michelle Pfeiffer.
WkEE4 TIL the classic VW Beetle was produced in Mexico from 1955 until as late as 2003, where it was used as a taxi. The Mexican government effectively ended the Beetle's production because street gangs would often raid two-door cars as the passenger in the back couldn't escape.
XpLr TIL the first tanks in World War I were held together by rivets until it was discovered that explosions would turn the rivets into shrapnel, injuring soldiers in the tank even if the explosion did not penetrate the armor
BDBy TIL that between 1941-1944, Turkish diplomats saved thousands of Jews by issuing them Turkish passports and sometimes pulling them off trains headed for the death camps. Among these diplomats was Necdet Kent, whose son Muhtar Kent, is the current chairman and former chief executive of Coca-Cola.
7r84X TIL The Baltimore Wastewater Treatment plant had a 4-acre spider colony with over 107 million spiders.