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TIL foxes are more closely related to walruses than to cats

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W7v9L TIL about York, a man enslaved by William Clark who played a pivotal role in the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
vD8R TIL In 2007, in response to an increase in pedestrians wearing headphones being hit by cars, NY proposed making it illegal to cross the street with headphones. Australian State Traffic Commander, Chief Superintendent responded, “You can’t legislate stupidity” and Australia ran a warning-ad instead.
GAGn7 TIL that there was an Aunt Jemima pancake restaurant at Disneyland from its open in 1955 until 1967.
OoPVa TIL In 1986 an Aeroflot pilot, bet with his co-pilot that he could land the plane flying blind, he curtained all the cockpit windows and crashed the plane, killing 70 out of the 94 passengers, the pilot survived.
8eab4 TIL that the creator of Wonder Woman also created the lie detector