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TIL that cats are not nocturnal. They are actually crepuscular, which means they are most active around twilight and dawn.

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loPGV TIL soccer balls were originally single-colored. They were made black and white to be more visible on TV for the 1970 Mexico World Cup
myDo TIL when the Pentagon called one the original Five Guys Burgers and Fries restaurants requesting delivery service, one of the founders (Jerry Murrell) declined to bend the rules for their request and instead ordered a 22-foot-long banner that said ‘ABSOLUTELY NO DELIVERY.’
P18JL TIL is I can't be wrongfully convicted from a DNA profile
nMWb TIL The Concorde supersonic jet stretched during flight due to the heat it generated. On its final flight the crew placed their hats into a crevice in the floor which appeared during the flight, as the aircraft cooled the crevice closed, permanently sealing their hats in the aluminum airframe.
QGx6 TIL 110 people in Russia (0.0000007% of the population) own 35% of all wealth.