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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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loOPG TIL of the "grammar vigilante" in Bristol, he sneaks out at night time to fix mistakes and add apostrophes on different business signs around the city.
gMDw9 TIL There are too many fossil-fuel power plants to meet climate goal of 1.5 C.
jNxjE TIL Shel Silverstein, know for his children's books of poems, wrote the iconic song "A Boy Named Sue" for Johnny Cash.
4dBg TIL Yale researchers may have discovered the true root cause of depression: Not too little serotonin,rather it’s too much of another neurotransmitter called acetylcholine. A secondary effect of SSRIs is they reduce acetylcholine, which May explain their antidepressant effects.
v1EEL TIL on February 11, 1992, a man who was likely innocent of a crime for which he was about to be put to death uttered these last words: "I'd like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my everloving ass, because I'm innocent."