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TIL Philadelphia cream cheese was created in New York

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mxvkM TIL almost all calico cats are female. The gene for coat color is on the female (X) chromosome. To get a calico coat, a cat must have a black gene from one parent and an orange gene from the other parent, resulting in all XX females. Sometimes a male calico is born who is XXY, but they're sterile.
R9Mj TIL Diamonds aren’t actually rare, and their availability is restricted by one monopolizing company to keep market prices high
dxM9 TIL after Ken Jeong’s wife was diagnosed with cancer, she told him to pursue his dreams. He put a hold on his doctor career and began his comedian one.
bvo7 TIL System of a Down’s song Kill Rock n’ Roll is about their guitarist running over a rabbit and feeling bad about it.
x6Opw TIL Alex the Parrot is the only animal ever documented asking a question, and it was an existential one