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TIL Before Google launched Gmail, “G-Mail” was the name of a free email service Garfield’s website offered to fans of the lasagna-loving cat.

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AX0g TIL that a Spanish interior designer replicated the floor plans of famous TV homes
lo6L5 TIL Jack, a baboon, was employed to change rail signals. After initial skepticism, the railway decided to officially employ the baboon once his job competency was verified. He was paid twenty cents a day, and 1/2 a bottle of beer each week. In his nine years of employment, Jack never made a mistake.
njA7 TIL Paris Hilton’s grandfather donated 97% of the family fortune and is embarrased of his granddaugher.
X5MP TIL that rats will help out a comrade in need. Through testing a two rats, one restrained and one free, researchers found that rats experience emotion beyond emotional contagion. Even going as far to conquer their immobilizing fear and helping another rat in distress.