A sparrow died for knocking over 23,000 dominoes

In November 2005, the Netherlands was preparing for Domino Day, an annual television event where millions of dominoes are arranged in elaborate patterns and toppled for a live audience. Four days before the broadcast, a house sparrow flew into the Frisian Expo Centre in Leeuwarden, landed on the wrong tile, and triggered a cascade that toppled 23,000 dominoes. — Read the rest

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