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TIL Cats in America have contributed to the extinction of 33 bird species.

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OogQa TIL that George Lucas had a dog named Indiana, who was the inspiration for both the character of Chewbacca and Indiana Jones’s name
XEm96 TIL that HARKing (hypothesizing after the results are known) is the practice by researchers of looking through the data to find interesting results and then constructing a research question and hypothesis and presenting them as if the hypothesis came before the findings.
p89Be TIL most of the bread marketed in the U.S. as “wheat” is actually white bread dyed brown with caramel food coloring.
RpA8 TIL: If your kid sends a letter to any Disney character and they will return a postcard to them...
0dwmA TIL Aaron Taylor-Johnson (star of Kick-Ass) married his now wife after they met on set, he was 18 and she was 42 at the time.