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TIL I learned that its feral cats, not outdoor pet cats, that are to blame for birds dying off

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6KEm TIL that America’s Got Talent top prize of one million dollars is paid out over 40 years!
Y7XWv TIL George V’s death was purposely expedited by his doctor when he injected the Kings jugular vein with morphine and cocaine. Some have called it euthanasia, others, murder.
BrbbW TIL Muhammad Ali visited the set of "The Sopranos" and met the actors before he died.
4XmPJ TIL that Maria Theresa of Austria had her children inoculated against smallpox after the epidemic of 1767. This changed the negative perception of inoculation among Austrian physicians. Maria Theresa also held a dinner in her palace for the first 65 children who had been inoculated in Austria.
7bVL TIL of the Wolverine frog, a frog that breaks its own bones in order to project claws through its skin when threatened