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TIL, the whole Y2K doomsday scare will probably happen again in 2038.

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ZRYG TIL every single Official London Black Cab driver must pass a test called “The Knowledge” in which they have to learn 25.000 streets, 20.000+ landmarks and 320 basic routes that are located within a six-mile radius of Charing Cross. Some people take up to 5 years of studying to pass it.
D6Ke TIL that the Buddy, the Golden Retriever who starred in ‘Airbud,’ was actually a stray rescued in the Sierra Nevada mountains. In the film, Airbud is also a stray who gets rescued after being abandoned by his owner.
Me4Am TIL birds get drunk sometimes and fall, stumble, and crash into windows. In 2010 about 50 dead birds were found and a report showed nearby berries had high enough ethanol levels to intoxicate them. In 2018 berries fermented as a result of an early frost and a town was full of confused, erratic birds
Vnx4 TIL Seattle Seahawks Left Tackle Walter Jones played 13 Seasons without missing a game. In those 180 games, he got caught for holding only 9 times (.0016% of snaps) and got beaten for a sack only 23 times (.004%).
6R07 TIL 3 men from Yemen tried to sue NASA for invading Mars, claiming they had inherited it from their ancestors 3,000 years ago.