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TIL the first cat to be cloned was named Copycat.
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TIL that when Mount Everest was first measured it was found to be exactly 29,000 feet tall. It was reported as 29,002 because surveyors worried the public would assume 29,000 was merely an estimate.
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TIL there was a Confederate general named States Rights Gist, whose father chose his son's name to reflect his own political sentiments
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TIL - Tim Burton was reportedly uncomfortable with casting Christopher Walken as Max Shreck in Batman Returns. When the casting director asked him why he said, “Because that man scares the hell out of me.”
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TIL While attending college, Zach Galifianakis was the first white member to gain access into a historically black fraternity.
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TIL in March 2020, IKEA partnered with Pizza Hut Hong Kong to make a table that looked like a pizza saver. It came in a giant pizza box and encouraged you to order a Swedish meatball pizza.