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TIL PETA kills 97,3% of the animals under it’s care

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78rvr TIL that the shape of Pringles has a name: hyperbolic paraboloid
1aoL7 TIL that people often ignore public fire alarms or fires that break out in front of them, hesitating to escape and denying any danger, because they are committed to finishing what they came to do, or they believe they have a role to be passive
VBoJD TIL: Gene Autry is the only person to have a star in all 5 categories in the Walk of Fame (Radio, Recording, Television, Live Performance, and Motion Picture)
v1V5x TIL Jim Carrey asked Nicolas Cage to co-star with him in 'Dumb and Dumber', however; Cage wanted to work on a smaller film called 'Leaving Las Vegas'. In 1996, Nicolas Cage won an Academy Award for Best Actor, Leaving Las Vegas.
neN0B TIL because he felt his students couldn't properly understand how the Nazis came to power, a teacher roleplayed as an authoritarian. He managed to start a proto-fascist movement that swept across the school— the students even took it upon themselves to rat out those who were disloyal