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TIL the world’s tallest cat scratching tower is over 32 ft tall and weighs over 10 tons.

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yQoka TIL scrambled eggs are fluffier and more tender if you beat the eggs and add salt 15 minutes before cooking them.
oMeE TIL that 6 of the most famous speeches in history; Eisenhower’s “military–industrial complex”, JFK’s “ask not what your country can do”, “we choose to go to the moon”, Mandela’s “I am prepared to die”, JFK’s “ich bin ein Berliner”, and MLK’s “I have a dream” were made within 2 years of each other.
yV7bw TIL the antibiotic rifampin/rifampicin (used to treat tuberculosis) was named after the 1955 French crime movie "Rififi," about a jewel heist and rival gangs, because the discoverers were fans of the movie
pYP7e TIL that the artist who painted the Age of Reptiles mural at the Yale Peabody Museum--Rudolph Zallinger--also did the March of Progress: the oft-parodied image of the evolutionary steps to Homo Sapiens
yQk4a TIL The “Windy City” name has nothing to do with Chicago weather it was coined by 19th-century journalists who were referring to the fact that its residents were “windbags” and “full of hot air.”