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TIL that up to 1 BILLION birds are killed per year in collisions with buildings. the second greatest human-caused source of bird deaths (pet and feral cats kill more)

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gM5dA TIL a nearly worthless Mormon owned cow precipitated the start of the US war with the Lakota.
4XEO6 TIL the cause of discomfort from eating raw kiwis and pineapples, microscopic needles that tear your mouth called Raphides.
OooYg TIL that when the film Blackfish (2013) premiered, it created such a huge backlash that the writers of Finding Dory scrapped the entire film and rewrote it to be about animals in captivity.
Oo1ba TIL in the 18th century, some toilet bowls or chamber pot holders were constructed to look like a book or pile of books from the outside, in order to camouflage them. One such "book" has "Histoire des Pays Bas" (History of the Netherlands/Lower Lands) on its spine, a reference to its intended use
ZpJ0B TIL that Zion National Park, originally named Mukuntuweap National Monument by the U.S. Government, was renamed by early Mormon settlers who were inspired by the biblical Mount Zion, seeing the landscape as a natural temple of God.