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TIL that Chinchillas have 50 hairs per follicle which is why their fur is so soft, like a fine thread count

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N7XGM TIL in 2007, producers for ABC's Extreme Makeover coaxed a contestant's family into making hurtful comments about her ugliness, then cut the contestant from the show because the recovery period wouldn't fit their production schedule. The contestant's sister killed herself four months later.
aweo9 TIL that in the UK: public schools are private with difficult entry requirements, and private schools are the ones that are free and open to the public
BrEZd TIL the frigate bird can fly continuously for 185 days, going more than 35,000 miles (56,327 km.) They are seabirds that can't land in or take flight from water, do not have waterproof feathers and can travel up to 40 minutes without having to flap their wings.
looNG TIL The Twilight Saga is a higher-grossing movie franchise than the DC Extended Universe
D1Nxr TIL that the English "much" and Spanish "mucho" are derived from completely unrelated words. The apparent association is a phenomenon known as "false cognates."