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TIL Cats sleep 70% of their lifetime. we humans only sleep 30%

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eY4k TIL Chuck Berry is still alive and about to release an album in 2017. His first in 38 years!
Vmw0 TIL that Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has become one of Japan’s favorite Christmas tradition
vd9K TIL that despite fighting against Nazi troops, with 17,000 dying in combat, Colonial French (Black) troops were not allowed to liberate Paris because of their skin colour. To ensure that a French regiment was allowed to liberated Paris, De Gaulle was forced to use Spanish (white) soldiers
R5eAj TIL that Ginseng Coffee is a thing and that's popular in Italy
nejkW TIL one of the most brutal prisons in the US was Angola, Louisiana, which was run like a plantation. In the 1930s, hardened prisoners broke down upon learning of their sentence there. At one point, 10% of Angola prisoners were stabbed.