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TIL There is a project to put orange on indoor cats to easily distinguish indoor cats that have escaped vs outdoor cats.

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loZ91 TIL Dane Cook had to send his brother to prison for stealing millions from him.
5Yb4Q TIL about chlorine triflouride, a better oxidiser than Oxygen. It can set fire to things that are normally not flammable such as concrete, glass, flesh, sand, steel, asbestos, and ash. It is also extremely corrosive and will corrode things like Gold, Iridium, and Platinum.
QJEM9 TIL that after accounting for calories burned when pedalling, a person riding a bicycle has an equivalent energy use of 732 mpg. For comparison, electric cars only have around 100 mpg equivalent.
1aQPX TIL that the Marvel Comics character Rocket Raccoon was named after The Beatles song "Rocky Raccoon."
pYmrZ TIL about François Vatel, who was in charge of a banquet for 2000 people in honour of King Louis XIV in 1671. He committed suicide during preparations for the meal after a seafood delivery was late, and was only discovered when someone was sent to inform him that it had arrived.