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TIL One in four soldiers during WW2 admitted to pooping themselves during combat.

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rRKko TIL of Elizabeth Shoaf. She was abducted by a sexual predator & held underground. Using her wit, she gained his trust & managed to get his phone. She text home & police traced it. They stupidly publicly released that she text home & the abductor heard it on the radio. Police saved her in time.
Z86ZR TIL that the commonly cited “unemployment rate” does not include adults who are unable to work or who have given up on finding a job. Accounting for these, 47.2% of the US population is unemployed.
Z8n6Y TIL in the US, kitty litter is a $2 billion industry. Consuming five billion pounds (2.3 Mt) of mined clay annually.
wonB1 TIL that CopyCat was the first cloned pet, a cat born in late 2001. Throughout her life, she was a completely normal cat without any complications. In fact, she was able to have four kittens.
EV4W TIL The guy who bought windows2000.com happened to be named Bob and Microsoft happened to own Bob.com. They came to an agreement to trade one for the other.