Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs on its runways to scare birds away.

The first theatre to show motion pictures was the Nickelodeon on June 19, 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was opened by Harry Davis on Smithfield Street.

The name of the character that is behind bars in the Monopoly board game is Jake the Jailbird.

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