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TIL That cats can survive landing at terminal velocity, meaning (most of the time) they can survive a fall from any height

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nWLdb TIL in 1938 a New York wallet manufacturer placed a sample Social Security card inside each of its wallets sold nationwide to show that the cards fit. The card included the real Social Security number of a company secretary. Over the years more than 40,000 people used that same number as their own.
1aLmO TIL of Amy Carter, President Jimmy Carter's daughter. Once, when asked whether she had a message for the children of America, she replied, "no." She later became an activist, protesting foreign policy towards South African apartheid, and CIA recruitment at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Y7Old Today I learned that Germany still uncovers 2000 tons of unexploded bombs from WWII every year. Disposing of the bombs often requires the evacuation of tens of thousand of residents from their homes.
J1dQk TIL - Buick has sold more cars in China than the US since 2006
RvRQ TIL A Sober driver was arrested for a DUI after a deputy flew through a stop sign and hit her.