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TIL about the Brocken spectre, the shaddowy figure that appears when a low sun is behind a climber who is looking downwards into mist from a ridge or peak

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N7bGN TIL that Eminem almost died from a methadone overdose in 2007. Shorty after being released from the hospital he relapsed but quickly after that he stopped using drugs and has now been sober for ~11 years. The reason he gave for gaining his sobriety is that his family needed him.
ddQd TIL cats shed their older claw sheaths to reveal a shiny new claw underneath. Those claw fragments cat owners may or may not find around the house, are a totally normal part of a cat’s nail development.
4kJGb TIL that one of the reasons why Wendy's restaurants got rid of their solariums (aka sunrooms) is because they were expensive to cool in the summer and heat in the winter. Another reason was due to changing architectural trends.
wLE9E TIL: During the Thirty Years' War, Count Von Tilly of the imperial army declared that if anyone in Rothenburg ob der Tauber could drink a tank of wine (3.25 liters) in one go, he would spare the town and move on. The mayor of the town obliged, prompting the army to leave.
nWvVY TIL that one can tell by the ears of chickens what color the eggs they lay. Chickens' ears are actually earlobes, which are flaps of skin under the ear canal that lie just behind the eyes. In most cases, hens with white earlobes also lay white eggs and hens with red earlobes produce brown eggshells.