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TIL that even if they are cleaned and released, less than 1% of birds covered in oil during crude spills survive. Many experts – including the World Wildlife Fund – believe it would be more humane to kill oiled birds than to try to clean them.

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v1ogB TIL that Joseph Strauss, the chief engineer for the 1933-1937 construction of the Golden Gate bridge made safety a high priority on the project. It was the first construction site in America to require workers to wear hard hats.
jNoAQ TIL that Aldous Huxley's descriptions of the effects of alcohol on fetuses in Brave New World predate the scientific recognition of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome by more than four decades.
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