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TIL that Princess Diana's funeral was watched by approximately 2.5 billion people, which, in 1997, was about 43% of the entire population of Earth.

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Xyek TIL Plants Vs Zombie was originally developed under the title ‘Lawn of the Dead’ which had to be changed for legal reasons.
b6vLN TIL that when a cat has a flat face (such as a Persian), that is actually a deformity. Breeders, however, are able to find ways of altering the cat’s genetics by choosing who they breed with. They do this because so many people gravitate to the smushed in face.
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X0n1E TIL that chickens pass a version of the mirror test, where roosters warn others if they see a predator, but don't warm their own reflection in the mirror.
oBZaY TIL of Marjorie McCall who "lived once and was buried twice". When she died the first time of illness, grave robbers tried to steal her ring by cutting off her finger, waking her from her coma. She left her grave to live on until she died (again) some years later