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TIL YKK not only makes 90% of the world’s zippers, they produce the whole process - from smelting their own brass and building the zipper-making machines to making the boxes they ship in

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R70k8 TIL that as of 2017, 60 percent of pet cats and 56 percent of pet dogs in the US are overweight or obese
mKXo TIL that Ernest Hemingway was not the only one in his family to commit suicide. His father, sister, brother, son, and granddaughter also committed suicide. This is the origin of the term “Hemingway curse”.
R9J8 TIL that after F. Scott Fitzgerald revealed to Ernest Hemingway that his wife, Zelda, had complained that his penis was too small, Hemingway examined Fitzgerald’s penis in a cafe toilet and assured him it was of “normal” size.
vPMOK TIL the only child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI to survive the French Revolution was their daughter, Marie Thérèse. At 15, she spent over a year in solitary confinement with no books, letters, or writing tools. She lived 55 more years, dying in 1851.
ZpVKQ TIL in Michael Jackson's song "Smooth Criminal", the refrain "Annie, are you OK?" was inspired by Resusci Anne, a dummy used in CPR training.