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TIL A Tribe Called Quest makes no royalties from "Can I Kick It"!

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QMyM TIL there is a parasite that can only reproduce inside the stomach of cats. When it’s excreted in feces and eaten by a rat, the parasite rewires the rat’s brain to be attracted to cats. This same effect can occur in humans and is thought to be a reason behind the stereotypical crazy cat person.
VaBQ TIL that a group of penguins in the water is called a “raft.” A group of penguins on land is called a “waddle.”
QjyM TIL Alec Baldwin offered to do the voice over of himself in Team America: World Police, despite that it was making fun of him, but was turned down.
yrAX TIL that in our efforts to make playgrounds safer for children, we are actually stunting their development
Oope4 TIL Alexander Tukhachevsky was a Russian general who died at the Battle of Warsaw in 1831. Almost a century later, his great-grandson, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, also a Russian general, would be defeated at the Battle of Warsaw in 1920.