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TIL there is an unincoroporated town in Alaska whose honorary mayor is a cat named Stubbs

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PYlXw TIL 70% of Brunei is covered in pristine rainforest and the government reassured environmental groups that it is not open to proposals for large-scale facilities that might disturb the jungle environment
9YNE6 TIL scientists found that descendants of Holocaust survivors developed a stress hormone mutation. They are inherently at higher risk of anxiety and stress disorders as a result of family trauma imparting gene mutations.
pob TIL There are 3 men in Tennessee that have had a total of 78 kids by 46 women.
jNdmQ TIL: The 'world's blackest paint' is licensed exclusively to the artist Anish Kapoor. In retaliation Stuart Semple was incensed when Kapoor bought the exclusive rights – so he made what he says is a blacker one available for everyone besides Kapoor.
LkJ5Z TIL before his murder spree that resulted in the deaths of 16 people, Charles Whitman left a note requesting an autopsy to see if there was a biological explanation for his actions, and increasingly intense headaches. The autopsy performed found that he a "pecan-sized," brain tumor.