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47Zw TIL That in 2012 a cat named Orlando beat top investment bankers in a year long investment competition, which he chose by throwing his favorite mouse toy at a grid to select companies to invest in
QNMme TIL Encyclopaedia Britannica's best all-time year was 1990 when 100,000 sets were sold. Sales started falling when Microsoft released Encarta in 1993. In 2010, the final print run produced 12,000 sets.
kJQm TIL parrots are able to dance perfectly in time with music, and this may be connected to their ability to mimic and speak
j6dLj TIL Amos Lunt, the San Quentin hangman, claimed he was being tormented by the ghosts of those he executed. He eventually had to be committed to an asylum
KOwvB TIL that Gandalf and Saruman are not human, but actually part of a race of beings called the Maiar. They were part of a group sent by the Valar (basically gods) to help elves and men fight against Sauron (also Maia). In fact, the Maiar came into existence at the beginning of time like the Valar.