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TIL that Duck Commander, the company owned by the Duck Dynasty family, has an “F” Better Business Bureau rating.

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x6l55 TIL the oldest cat ever lived to 38 years and 3 days - 1967 to 2005.
X064k TIL that when Sebastian Shaw arrived at the set of Return of the Jedi, he ran into his friend Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine). When McDiarmid asked Shaw what he was doing there, Shaw responded, "I don't know, dear boy, I think it's something to do with science-fiction." Shaw was the face of Darth Vader.
kOk5d TIL In 1883, gifts were distributed after a show in Victoria Hall. Many of the estimated 1100 children surged downstairs, but the door opened inward and had been bolted so only one could pass at a time. Those in front were crushed by those behind them. 183 children between the ages of 3 and 14 died.
awAoN TIL hedgehogs can suffer from a rare disease called "balloon syndrome," which causes them to inflate like a beach ball.
P1awn TIL that certain types of cheeses are made using tiny arachnids called "cheese mites" which ingest the unfinished dairy product and excrete the material that completes the cheese.