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TIL Lisa Simpson remains a vegetarian as a promise from the show’s staff to Paul McCartney.

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6EMA8 TIL sea otters have the densest fur in the world, with around 140,000 hairs per sq cm
4XbWJ TIL about Thimmamma Marrimanu the tree with the greatest perimeter length in the world.A distance of 846 m is required to walk around the perimeter of its canopy.
xGp7 TIL only 9 US military officers have held the 5-star rank. It was created during WW2 because US officers were often commanding allied officers of higher rank. A 5-star officer cannot retire and remains on active duty for life. It was retired in 1981 on the death of General Omar Bradley.
xV8Qo TIL a West Virginia town asked the Soviet Union for foreign aid to rebuild a bridge
E1Lop TIL that the members of rock band Silverchair were all only 14 or 15-years-old when they signed to major label Epic Records and released their debut album Frogstomp in 1995. The album eventually went 2X Platinum in North America and 6X Platinum in their native Australia .