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TIL in 1890 as part of a program to bring all the birds mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays to North America, 60 starlings were released in New York’s Central Park. There are now over 200 million European starlings across the US, causing billions in crop damage and deadly hazards at airports
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TIL: John Siberch borrowed £20 from Cambridge University and set up the first printing press in the city. He died without repaying his loan which today could stands in the billions – fortunately for any descendants, the original sum was repaid and interest waived by the University in 1971
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TIL that the first Star Wars (1977) movie was offered by George Lucas to Disney but got declined. It was released by FOX instead and became then the highest grossing movie ever. Decades later, Disney would buy both the Star Wars franchise and 20th Century Fox in deals worth billions.
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