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TIL Dog hair is up to 80% warmer than wool but not elastic.

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vLQK TIL Jimmy Kimmel called out a Gawker writer on live television for publishing false reports that he was drunk in public, telling her, “I know you’re an editor. What exactly are you editing from the website?”
WkeJL TIL: China accounts for 40% of the tobacco consumption worldwide. 52 percent of adult Chinese men smoke.
kLw5 TIL, before his death, Ed Sullivan believed he was suffering complications from his long-standing battle with ulcers. He did not know that he had been diagnosed with advanced esophageal cancer the month before, a diagnosis his family and doctors had kept secret from him.
e9MJ TIL after 27 years in the MLB, at age 46, Nolan Ryan’s final pitch clocked in at 89 mph. He had a lifetime winning percentage of .526, was an eight-time MLB All-Star, and his 5,714 career strikeouts rank first in baseball history. Ryan also threw a record 7 no-hitters, 3 more than any pitcher.
XE47Q TIL that Lamborghini was originally a tractor manufacturer and only after an argument with Enzo Ferrari did they start creating sports cars