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TIL Wind turbines can kill bats without impact, they die because their lungs explode from a drop in air pressure.

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yoJV TIL- Milk duds don’t contain milk chocolate at all but a mix of cocoa and vegetable oil.
LQ4V TIL Billionaire Libertarian Mark Cuban Pays More Than he is Required in Taxes Because, “It’s the most Patriotic thing you can do.”
n7Yo TIL In 1979, a number of people in Sweden called in sick with a case of being homosexual, in protest of homosexuality being classified as an illness
j0gn TIL Samuel Johnson, creator of the first English Dictionary, wrote joke entries including: “Oats: A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland appears to support the people.”
N7Y1e TIL: With Aliens (1986), Sigourney Weaver received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and although she did not win, it was considered a landmark nomination for an actress to be considered for a science-fiction/horror film, a genre which previously was given little recognition