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TIL that the Guinness World Records stopped awarding the fattest cats or any other animal to discourage deliberate overfeeding

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E1OPV TIL NASA was sold faulty rocket parts for almost 20 years. An Oregon-based company falsified aluminum certification tests for nearly two decades.
8evJX TIL Emergency vehicles use a device that manipulates traffic signals to reduce response times and avoid collisions with traffic
KYv0J TIL "Aunt Jemima" was a woman named Nancy Green, an American slave who was one of the first African-American models hired to promote a corporate trademark becoming the advertising world's first living trademark
b95K4 TIL if a family member dies and debt collectors tell you that you're now responsible for paying the deceased's debts, THEY ARE LYING. Debt does not pass to anyone else upon death.
5VYA9 TIL about a mountain range in the Balkans called the Accursed Mountains, named for their wild and inhospitable nature.