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TIL workers at Gloucestershire Airport play Tina Turner songs at full volume to keep birds off of the runways.

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LQDnp TIL that basketball star Magic Johnson claims that he invented the "high five" while at college in the 1970s.
WkpVX TIL of the Moriori, a Pacifist people who, when being wiped out by a neighbouring Polynesian tribe, decided that their non-violent beliefs were more important than their own survival.
j6xlN TIL Haiti is the only country that recognizes voodoo as a religion.
Odk6 TIL that Up With People, the upbeat youth ensemble that headlined four Super Bowl halftime shows, was financed by companies like Exxon and Halliburton with the intention of counteracting social change in the U.S. and promoting American capitalism overseas
5V8Kn TIL that Velociraptors were not just feathered, but that quill knobs have been found on their bones, an anatomical feature found today in all flying birds but absent in most flightless birds.