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TIL more than 40 years of original Cracked magazine archives had to be destroyed due to possible contamination after the anthrax attacks of 2001.

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6ELV7 TIL that the average lifespan of an outdoors cat is about 2-5 years, whereas an indoors cat can live up to 15+ years
WOPY TIL The duffel bag gets its name from the town of Duffel, Belgium, where the thick cloth used to make the bag originated.
ep8oJ TIL that a person who was pregnant can have fetal tissue live in their body for decades and it's called Fetal Microchimerism. Studying FMc gives us information about the pathophysiology of the post partum body and correlation with autoimmune diseases like RA and Sjogrens.
KOBea TIL a week after The Shining premiered in theaters, director Stanley Kubrick cut a final scene in a hospital, where Wendy and Danny learn that Jack's body could not be found. The scene was subsequently physically cut out of prints by projectionists and returned to the studio by order of Warner Bros.
4kom5 TIL Montana holds the world record for temperature change in a 24 hour period