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TIL The CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch went on record as saying he does not want fat or unattractive people wearing his clothes or employed at his company.

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R5nJ7 TIL of the 1991 Downing Street mortar attack, in which IRA members launched three mortars at No. 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting, attempting to kill John Major. One hit the lawn 30 yards away, and it is believed that if this mortar had hit the building the entire cabinet would have died.
b7W0 TIL Milk Duds are called “duds” because they wanted them to be perfectly round and that was found to be impossible.
M5jA TIL White People in the US purchase more than twice the cheese per capita than Black or Asian people.
y8XM TIL There is a type of Catfish that lays its eggs among the eggs of the Cichlid fish, which carries its young in its mouth. These eggs will then hatch first inside the unwilling adoptive mother’s mouth, and proceed to eat the Cichlid eggs present before being released by the Cichlid.
781kO TIL Despite their name, Screech Owls don't really screech. Their call is more of a soft cooing resembling a horse whinny.