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TIL Wyoming’s Devils Tower has no apostrophe in its name. It was accidentally left off when Teddy Roosevelt signed the document making it a National Landmark and has never been fixed.

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Mbxm TIL in 1987 a robbery suspect in Sacramento fled into a darkened movie theater to escape police. He became so engrossed in the movie, Robocop, that he failed to notice that police had evacuated all other patrons from the theatre. When the lights flipped on, the stunned man was taken into custody.
D5kJ TIL that Netflix is responsible for 30 percent of all internet traffic
MjgB TIL our walking speed is affected by whom we’re with: men’s pace slows down by an average of 7% when walking w/ female partners they’re interested in; women walking together move the slowest; & men walking w/ male friends moved at speeds faster than either man’s preferred walking speed.
m9jY TIL a model airplane crossed the Atlantic on one fuel tank. It flew from Canada to Ireland and landed with only 1.8 oz of fuel left. (2003)
ddQd TIL cats shed their older claw sheaths to reveal a shiny new claw underneath. Those claw fragments cat owners may or may not find around the house, are a totally normal part of a cat’s nail development.