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TIL, that cougar's mating call sounds like murder of woman

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epZmg TIL since its invention in 1959, the MOSFET transistor has become the most produced artificial object in history with over 13 sextillion manufactured
QJXOa TIL of Rick Rescorla, who saved all but 6 of his 2700 employees during the 9/11 attacks by directing people down the stairs using a bullhorn and encouraging them by singing Cornish songs.
j6pvR TIL none of the writers of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" had been to West Virginia, and they used an encyclopedia to look up facts about it. The song was mainly inspired by one writer's upbringing in Springfield, MA, but he didn't think the word "Massachusetts" was musical.
PYWkZ TIL the European Union banned the marketing of products as "superfood" unless accompanied by an authorized health claim supported by factual scientific evidence
N796J TIL that a Soviet geneticist successfully domesticated foxes on a farm in Novosibirsk. "The fact that in fifty generations, they were wagging their tails and barking, this is really incredible."