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TIL a cat's winter coat grows in due to shortened daylight hours and not due to temperatures dropping.

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LkLmP TIL there is a village in the UAE, Nahva, wich is an enclave within an enclave. Oman is surrounding a small piece of the UAE, forming a counter-enclave.
4Qao TIL When Helium is cooled to almost absolute zero (-460°F or -273°C), the lowest temperature possible, it becomes a liquid with surprising properties: it flows against gravity and will start running up and over the lip of a glass container.
wLdBP TIL Andreas Mihavecz is an Austrian who was taken into custody and forgotten in his cell for 18 days by policemen. He lost 24 kg (53 pounds) and holds the record of surviving the longest without any food or liquids.
ynQl TIL that approximately four million tracks on Spotify (about 20% in total) have never been played even once.
a89xb TIL author Harper Lee once said she regretted writing “To Kill a Mockingbird”, stating to writer Marja Mills, “I wish I’d never written the damn thing.” When Mills subsequently asked her again a few years later, Lee still seemed to express doubts. “Sometimes,” Lee replied. “But then it passes.”