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TIL the HGTV show House Hunters is staged and some houses featured on the show aren’t even for sale

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gMDEb TIL that Lincoln loved cats so much that he once fed them from the table during a formal White House dinner. When his wife told him that it was “shameful in front of their guests,” he replied “If the gold fork was good enough for former President James Buchanan, I think it is good enough for Tabby.”
9Wg7 TIL Utah, despite being known as one of the most religious and wholesome states, ranks number one out of all fifty states in online porn subscriptions.
0wWYR TIL Leaf cutter ants learned to farm 50 million years ago, they bring back leaves to feed and grow a fungus that is their food source. They also poop and excrete chemicals around the fungus that protect it against pests.
mx9go TIL that your own voice seems lower to you because its mostly transmitted through skull, and bone conduction transmits low frequency sound better
VMbbG TIL that the myth of Prometheus having his liver eaten daily actually has some scientific basis, as the liver can regrow itself