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TIL that nearly 1 billion birds die annually in the US due to window collisions.

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gMxKb TIL gamma rays are used to disinfect food
Lk55d TIL that Chicken wings used to be considered junk meat parts, and were tossed out. Then, in 1964, a restaurant in Buffalo, NY decided to cook and serve them. Today there is a shortage of chicken wings worldwide, which has caused prices to go up.
R5Zv1 TIL that a man went to an auction to buy chairs and ended up buying Stonehenge
a86Ry TIL Rob Bottin, the special effects artist for The Thing (1982) was only 22 when he started his work on the film.
GARvQ TIL the last non-educational Saturday Morning Cartoon to air on Network TV in the US was Kim Possible on Saturday, September 2, 2006