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TIL that more than 50 billion chickens are killed for food every year.

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KYjl4 TIL that the LCVP landing craft, famously used in the D-Day landings, was made out of plywood. It was originally designed as swamp boat for trappers, oil drillers and (allegedly) liquor smugglers.
ANMbw TIL Spontaneous Human Combustion Is (Almost Definitely) a Myth
QJNnd TIL about the Tacoma Narrows bridge, 3rd largest suspension bridge in the US, which collapsed violently in 1940
DQGxV TIL that when someone was trapped with other skiers in an Avalanche that part of what saved them was when that person recited every line to The Princess Bride to keep everyone helpfully occupied.
5Y0XD TIL that Jim Croce's first album, Facets, was financed by his parents for $500. His parents hoped it would fail so that he would continue his education. Instead, he sold every copy and made a profit of $2500.