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TIL There Is A Psychosomatic Illness That Causes People To Think They Are Pregnant With Dogs

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rR6a4 TIL The person who created and wrote great shows such as 'Parks and Recreation', 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and The Good Place is Dwight's weird cousin Mose from 'The Office US'
aERo TIL in 2008 the makers of square-shaped Shreddies breakfast cereal ran an ad campaign promoting their ‘new’ diamond-shaped version. Sales increased by 18%.
Z8n6Y TIL in the US, kitty litter is a $2 billion industry. Consuming five billion pounds (2.3 Mt) of mined clay annually.
7OYP TIL that the assassins of Japanese Prime Minister, Inukai Tsuyoshi, had originally planned to assassinate Charlie Chaplin who was a guest in his house, hoping to trigger a war with the USA. Chaplin, however, escaped this fate as he had gone for a sumo wrestling match.
gralb TIL that thousands of Graffiti inscriptions, with the earliest dating back to 1605 by the first Spanish Governor of New Mexico, have been carved into the El Morro National Monument in New Mexico.