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TIL that half of all parrots are kept in captivity

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QNdBk TIL that Frank Eugene Corder, while severely intoxicated, crashed a Cessna 150 on the grounds surrounding the White House on September 12, 1994. He was killed on impact.
5VL58 TIL about Kalachi, Kazakhstan, a village plagued by a mysterious 'sleeping sickness' that caused residents to fall asleep for days at a time. Scientists eventually linked it to carbon monoxide poisoning from a nearby abandoned uranium mine.
dLPr TIL Matt Groening hated the Simpson’s/The Critic crossover episode “A Star is Burns”, believing that it “violates the Simpson’s universe”, and was an advertisement for The Critic. He even tried to get the episode pulled from the air, and removed his name from the credits when he failed to do so.
0yKv Til that dozens dogs that were forced to be left with police during the Katrina evacuation were executed by the police “without regard to the dogs’ size or the potential threat they might pose.”
E1QDo TIL: Hank Williams was late on his way to a show when he died in the car with a friend. When Williams' death was announced, the crowd started laughing, thinking it was excuse. After Hawkshaw Hawkins started singing "I Saw The Light" as a tribute, the crowd realized Williams was dead, and sang along.