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TIL that about 4 million cats are eaten in Asia every year.

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jMop TIL NASCAR Legend Dale Earnhardt, along with many other NASCAR drivers, resisted use of the HANS device when it was introduced. The HANS was developed specifically to help prevent Basilar skull fractures common to car racing. Earnhardt later died after suffering this exact injury.
e0mob TIL Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle" was never about the meatpacking industry. Sinclair intended it as a "breaking of human hearts by a system which exploits the labor of men and women for profit".
9wLkM TIL about the First Families of Virginia which include 6 US presidents from Washington to Carter, Robert E. Lee, and Elvis Presley, among many others.
X01YQ TIL Nasa estimates a 35% increase in heat transfer would reduce the chances of Yellowstone erupting to almost zero. One proposal is to simply pump more water into the supervolcano.
wLwPP TIL: Obesity is associated with job absenteeism and lower productivity at work costing employers $506 per obese employee per year.