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TIL Cats spend 70% of their lives sleeping.

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DQayY TIL that in 1974, a group of farmers in China discovered a life-sized terracotta army buried underground, dating back to the 3rd century BCE.
VQb0 TIL of an interesting strawberry cultivar, the Pineberry. It looks like a white strawberry, but tastes like a pineapple. No, it is not a strawberry-pineapple hybrid.
Z8RrB TIL when in 1988 Consumer Reports compared 4 American midsize cars, all suffered failures during the test - the Ford and Dodge had their A/C not work, the Eagle had a glovebox that did not close and an unopenable fuel filler door, and the Buick had a knocking engine and a broken door lock.
89oX TIL starlings exist in North America because one guy wanted to introduce all the birds mentioned in the plays of William Shakespeare.
R5wvl TIL killer whales are the second most widely-distributed mammal on Earth (after humans)