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TIL That women who undergo breast augmentation surgery (boob job) are three times more likely to commit suicide

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lkmK TIL that the word “cat” is so old that it can be traced all the way to the Late Egyptian “čaute”.
B5Ke TIL the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia employs 74 cats to take care of rodents. These cats are so important that they even have their own press secretary, and there are special kitchens in the Hermitage that prepare food for them.
Zbp4 TIL a Human Nutrition professor ate mainly Hostess snack cakes for two months to prove That in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most – not the nutritional value of the food.
YpEpA TIL one prominent noble Japanese clan, the Hata Family (秦氏) claims direct descent from the Qin Dynasty in China (221-206 B.C.)
9Z1m TIL that the NFL cannot host games on Fridays or Saturdays until late December as federal law prohibits professional football leagues from competing with college or high school football, which typically host games on those days.