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TIL a cat miraculously survived the sinking of three separate ships in World War Two, earning the moniker “Unsinkable Sam”

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4kXPJ TIL British duo The Chemical Brothers used to call themselves The Dust Brothers (from the US duo of the same name) on their early days. They had to change it from Dust to Chemical shortly before releasing their 1st album because the US Dust Brothers threatened them to sue them if they didn't.
xOA0 TIL that Germany has one of the most progressive waste disposal systems in the world– in which nearly 70% of waste is recycled and most of the remainder is cleanly incinerated to generate power.
9Qyr TIL The last ruling king of Egypt, King Farouk once had a nightmare about lions attacking him and decided to go to the Cairo zoo and shoot two lions while they were in their cages.
LXGP TIL that having excessive body hair is linked to having higher intellect
gnmX TIL the repeated line “My life is brilliant” at the beginning of the James Blunt song “You’re Beautiful” was truly an accident. Blunt started his vocal on the wrong measure, waited a moment, and then started it again. It was left in the final recording.