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TIL the British government has a position called “Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office” that can only be given to a cat

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wKlM TIL that in 2004 an elephant charged and killed a mother and her child, then proceeded to bury their bodies before leaving the scene.
LQvv0 TIL that while rare, your blood type can change.
8eelZ TIL that the official drink of Rhode island is Coffee Milk
aw9YZ TIL the actor who played Dr. John Spivey in the movie “One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest” was a real doctor who during shooting, diagnosed actor William Redfield with leukemia who died only a year later
10Kr TIL US mothers in the year 2000 put in 30% more hours into childcare than in 1965, even though families today are far smaller, far more moms work, and far more dads help out with childcare. In total about 6x more time and effort is put into the average modern child than one in 1965.