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TIL a man cut his truck open after hearing a purring noise come from his parking car and found a stray kitten had lodged itself in the frame. He carefully drove to a Humane Society, where the cat was safely rescued. The Society set up a fund to repair his car, with extra money to help other animals

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7J5P TIL that the word “Ewok” was never mentioned in Star Wars.
6KNQ TIL: Dexter Holland, the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and songwriter of The Offspring has an MS in molecular biology, and in 2013 co-authored a paper on microRNA in HIV genomes. He owns a hot sauce company, and is a licensed flight instructor who has flown around the world on his own, in ten days.
aBBL TIL the country with the most favorable view of the US is the Philippines, as of July 2013
B5gL TIL A 2-year study that linked Ecstasy to Parkinsons was retracted from the journal Science after the authors realized they had accidentally used meth instead.
9YZxG TIL China's Government Debt is equivalent to $1326 per capita. The US's Government Debt is equivalent to $58,200 per capita and Luxembourg has debt equivalent to $6.9 million per capita