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TIL genome maps show that cats are only really semi-domesticated, even after sharing homes with humans for over 9000 years.

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yQK68 TIL: Scientists found that it actually takes about 2,500 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
dDvZd TIL 2016 was the first time since 1928 that the Republicans won an election without a Bush or Nixon on the ticket.
wd1o TIL Americans killed by cops now outnumbers Americans killed in the Iraq War.
Me0X0 TIL that the parents of Cliff Burton, Metallica bassist killed in a bus crash in 1986 at the age of 24, have been quietly donating his royalties to the music program of his former high school ever since.
neVvG TIL During the US Civil War, General Sherman implemented the scorched earth policy by having his men pile all deed books in front of the courthouse and burn them. The logic was that the big plantations would not be able to prove land ownership.