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TIL that a cat called Tibbles made an entire species of bird go extinct in less than a year

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y6Av TIL a Chiefs superfan known as “Helmet Man” was banned from attending games because he was part of the Witness Protection Program for being a witness in the 1993 WTC bombing.
KPNG TIL a US Marines airplane cut through a cable car wire at an Italian ski resort, which caused the cable car to plunge 80 meters (260 feet) to the ground, killing all 20 people onboard. One of the crewmen later destroyed incriminating evidence against himself and the rest of the crew.
4X7Ao TIL the 'neck rule' regarding exercise with a cold. If all your symptoms are above the neck, like congested nose and sore throat, then you're much safer to indulge in mild to moderate physical activity than if the symptoms are below the neck, like fever, chills, body aches or a cough
yVNw8 TIL that Louis B. Mayer created the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in part so that moviemakers would "kill themselves to produce what I wanted" in order to get awards, as well as to try and quash unionization efforts.
EBrp TIL the US Air Force maintaines a team that logs and tracks space debris. Over 20,000 items, ball sized or larger, and 500K marble-sized pieces are being tracked. They’re traveling at 28,000 KMPH. A single speck of paint could cause extreme damage to spacecraft or kill an astronaut on a space walk.