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TIL: Michael Jackson, Mark Wahlberg, and Seth MacFarlane narrowly escaped death on 9/11

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W7aY9 TIL that the etymology of the Catskill Mountains in southeastern New York, USA, stems from Middle Dutch Kaaterskill, or Cat’s Creek. It was named so after all the creeks and large cats in the region when New York was New Netherland.
Wp79 TIL that the worst thing about Verkhoyansk, Russia isn’t the winter temps that rival the average surface of Mars, but the 400-strong “wolf superpack” raids.
Za0o TIL that in Oregon, a citizen may issue a traffic ticket to law enforcement officers
4WbN TIL that mother cats will eat their sick or dead kittens to stop predators from discovering the location of the litter.
Zn1D TIL an average NFL game has just 11 minutes of play