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TIL there are between 17,200 and 36,000 rose-ringed parakeets normally native to central Africa living wild in South West London.

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JoP4 TIL the September 11 terror attacks on the WTC released a dust cloud of toxic asbestos fibers across Manhattan. An estimated 410,000 people have been exposed. It is believed lung cancer and mesothelioma cases in the city will reach a peak in the year 2041 (four decades after 9/11)
OGeMX TIL that 3% of birds have penises
rRkeo TIL that the retirement age for men in the USA was set at 65 in 1935. The average life expectancy at the time was 61.7 years old.
0dZYj TIL that the dots on the Dominos logo symbolise their first three restaurants. They originally planned to add a dot for each new restaurant but the company grew too fast.
NXQDJ TIL many of Alfred Hitchcock's "Hitchcock blondes"- including Eva Marie Saint (North by Northwest), Kim Novak (Vertigo), Vera Miles (Psycho), and Tippi Hedren (The Birds)- are all alive today and in their 90s.