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TIL The Guinness World Records has stopped awarding the fattest cats or any other animal to discourage deliberate overfeeding.

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AA1l TIL that between 18,000-60,000 years ago, ducks the size of horses roamed around Australia.
Awyg TIL that Major General Henry A. Barnum was shot through the side in the Civil War. Assumed dead, he was taken prisoner and survived. He kept the bullet tract open as a trophy by running a ramrod through the wound every day. He was later shot in two more battles, and survived them both.
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5VXvQ TIL that, despite there having been nearly 20,000 Major League Baseball players over 150 years, the number 89 was not worn until 2020