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TIL that mother cats will eat their sick or dead kittens to stop predators from discovering the location of the litter.

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KYZnw TIL that Gov George Wallace of Alabama’s wife had cancer, but she didn’t know because he didn’t tell her. Doctors back then only told the husband.
bb89 TIL Within days of the announcement that Route 666 was to renamed Route 491, “Virtually every US 666 sign had been stolen, some for sale on eBay.”
W7QxX TIL that the words "yes", "no", "yea", and "nay" used to have distinct meanings/usage in English
xEl7 TIL in 1982, 5 men walked into a Long Island NY diner and forced over 100 patrons and staff to strip and have sex with each other. They also shot 2 men, raped a waitress, and robbed everyone there. Oh, and that was just the last thing they did that night.
wLdME TIL that unicorn hunting is legal in Michigan and you can get an actual license for it. It originated from a Unicorn Hunters Club in the 70's only to gain publicity, but it grew and came to actual issued licenses for unicorn hunting.