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TIL that cats bring their owners dead animals because it’s their way of saying you suck at hunting and you need to learn how…

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VMpyD TIL of the Hedonic Treadmill: after tragedy or good fortune, you will adapt toward okay-ness.
m1ZEx TIL In 2009, Masanobu Sato masturbated for 9 hours and 58 minutes at the 9th annual World Masturbate-a-thon, holding the record.
vPwj7 TIL that the UK's Violet Club nuclear device was so unstable that it required the core to be filled entirely with half a ton of ball bearings to prevent accidental detonation
QJMZ6 TIL Roman slaves wore collars of iron with messages like a modern dog collar, for example this one, which reads "I have run away; hold me. When you shall have returned me to my master, Zoninus, you will receive a solidus"
5Vwmn TIL Frank Sinatra's son was kidnapped in 1963. The famous singer offered to pay a $1 million ransom. The crooks countered with $240,000.