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TIL that mushrooms are more closely related to humans than to plants

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GAK01 TIL cats can't actually see in the dark. They just capture more light, which make their night vision about 8 times better than ours. Though in pitch black a cat won't see anything!
o5OA TIL than in the 1850’s the entire city of Chicago was raised 5-10 feet with hydraulic jacks to improve drainage and make room for water and sewer lines, in response to outbreaks of typhoid fever and cholera.
mZbM TIL that in 1956 a 95 year old man named Samuel Seymour was the mystery subject on the original “I’ve Got a Secret” game show. His secret? He had witnessed the Lincoln assassination at Ford’s Theater.
Z8ngR TIL that Johnny Marks, the man who wrote famous Christmas songs like Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Rockin around the Christmas tree, and Holly Jolly Christmas, was Jewish.
yVnLp TIL Home Alone remains a highly popular Christmas movie in Poland. In 2010, Polsat (Polish TV Station) did not play Home Alone, which caused over 90,000 people to protest on Facebook.