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TIL cats have contributed to the extinction of at least 63 global vertebrate species, deemed one of “the most ubiquitous and environmentally damaging invasive predators on Earth", while new studies shows cats are ineffective when it comes to catching rats.

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wo5A7 TIL that the chemist Alexander Shulgin invented over 200 psychedelic drugs , self-administered them and wrote a book the experience he had with each of them
p87bQ TIL about German playboy Rolf Eden, age 86, who once sued a 19-yr old woman for age discrimination after she refused to sleep with him. He intends to die while having sex and has allocated $330K in his will to whichever woman is fucking him at the moment of his death.
ADjMa TIL there's a material called FOGBANK that's used by the US Department of Energy that's so top secret and compartmentalized, that the government once actually "forgot" how to make it due to a lack of actual records and dwindling institutional knowledge
E1XWX TIL Daniel Day-Lewis listened to Eminem's 'The Way I Am' every morning at 5AM to prepare for his role 'Gangs of New York' in 2002. He's also a big fan of Snoop Dogg.
9wQEr TIL NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt had a Confederate flag bumper sticker on his truck. When his black housekeeper told him that it made her uncomfortable, he immediately scraped it off.