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TIL France is the only country in the world to successfully send a cat to space and bring it back alive.

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9wwd7 TIL about the psychology experiment that helped prove how easy it is to extract a false confession from an innocent person.
OJke TIL that cheetahs were almost wiped out by the last ice-age, and all modern cheetahs are descended from a small portion of the surviving cats that interbred to maintain their species. Because of this, cheetahs are practically genetic clones of one another.
PYvxO TIL the Japanese beetle trap bags cause an increase in damaged plants as it brings more beetles to an area
grPRA TIL about the Maine Troop Greeters, a volunteer organisation who have greeted more than a million and a half troops at Bangor International Airport since 1991. No matter the hour, members of all branches of the US military and allies are assured of a handshake, use of a free cell phone and a cookie.
pY85e TIL, the reason for many serial Killers "having three names", such as John Wayne Gacy, Henry Lee Lucas, Lee Harvey Oswald, is actually a convention of media reporting, under the assumption that by using the middle name people with the same first and last name will not be misidentified as the killer.