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TIL Cats have a very small prefrontal cortex, making them rather impulsive creatures.

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MebNA TIL the rock band Huey Lewis and the News almost called themselves the American Express, but was told by their record label the credit card company of the same name wouldn't appreciate it - so they settled on a name reflecting Lewis' love of TV news
vlEB TIL in a private cemetery in Arkansas, a woman single-handedly buried and gave funerals to more than 40 gay men during the height of the AIDS epidemic, when their families wouldn’t claim them.
GYYY7 TIL that Costa Rica which is roughly the size of Denmark, grows 60% of planet’s pineapples. ?
5Gwr TIL of a woman whose skin grew around a toilet seat she had ben sitting on for 2 years. Her boyfriend gave her food and water until calling authorities to say there was “something wrong” with his girlfriend. Her legs had atrophied and she had to be removed with the seat.
Ky7G TIL that salting fresh pineapple reduces the “acid burn” effect you get after eating too much of it (and it makes the pineapple taste sweeter)