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TIL free-ranging cats kill billions of birds annually in the US. They are the the #1 anthropogenic cause of death for birds

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b98l0 TIL that the word homosexual was not in the Bible until 1946 and the word it replaced translated to pedophile
yVbje TIL about the merkin. It is a vaginal wig, originally donned by prostitutes starting in the 15th century. They shaved to minimize pubic lice but men (at the time) preferred bush and thus, the merkin was born.
9YPe6 TIL that when Laurence Fishburne who played Morpheus in the Matrix Trilogy used to get regularly approached by fans asking if he was really "Morpheus" he would respond with "You think that's air? you're breathing now"
mxgbx TIL about "Georgian swimming" - a swimming style where swimmer's hand and feet are bound together. It was re-discovered in the 60es after a swimming enthusiast decided to fact-check a legend about ancient warriors training by swimming in this manner.
R7KQj TIL in 2013 multiple gunmen shot up power transformers in Northern California and cut fiber optic cables, causing over $15 million in damage and outages. The gunmen were never caught.