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

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oRy18 TIL that all of the original "Mercury Seven" astronauts were the eldest or only sons of their family. All were raised in small towns & all were married w/ children. All were (white) protestants, and four were their fathers' namesakes. All had attended post-secondary institutions in the 1940s.
BvoW TIL of the peanut butter tree. A tropical tree that smells like peanut butter and produces fruit that tastes like it as well.
Br7vr TIL: A British man lived in the Alps as a goat for three days and won the Ig Nobel Prize for his efforts.
VMg9Q TIL Thales was asked why he was poor if he was so wise. As a rebuttal he cornered the olive market and invented futures contracts.
59dP TIL that the confession bear is the “Malayan sun bear” and they are creepy as fuck.