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TIL there are over 86 million pet cats in America

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KOV7G TIL about ATLAS-I, aka Trestle, the world's largest structure made entirely of wood, glue laminate, wooden bolts/nuts and sufficient to support a fully loaded B-52 bomber (for elevated EMP testing) 1,000 ft long, 125 ft (about 12 stories) tall, and constructed of 6.5 million board-feet of lumber.
P4rO TIL in 1951, MGM owed the dog that played Lassie $40,000 in back pay. Planning on ending the franchise and in lieu of payment MGM gave full rights to the Lassie trademark to the dog’s trainer, who then spun it off into a TV show that ran for 571 episodes.
WkX5d TIL: Tobacco use in Indonesia is almost entirely determined by gender: 76% of men smoke, while only 3.6% of women smoke.
OQrL TIL there is a 500-year-old statue of a man eating a sack of babies in Bern, Switzerland, and nobody is sure why.
l7eDG TIL Garlic Bread was popularized as a replacement for Bruschetta since ingredients from Italy like olive oil and certain types of breads were not as available in the USA. Instead French breads like baguettes and butter were used as cheaper substitutes.