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TIL Hyenas are phylogenetically closer to cats than to dogs

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BryAy TIL there are two sizes of mattress bigger than the king: the Wyoming King and the Alaskan King
16KjO TIL a programming bug caused Mazda infotainment systems to brick whenever someone tried to play the podcast, 99% Invisible, because the software recognized "% I" as an instruction and not a string
epMon TIL there is a "gravity hole" in the Indian Ocean—where Earth's mass is reduced, causing weaker gravitational pull and lower-than-average sea levels. This anomaly likely formed when the Tethys Ocean disappeared between India and Central Asia and forced lower-density magma closer to the surface.
D1BjV TIL The world's oldest known creature was a 507-year-old mollusk, that lived from 1499 until the day scientists found and killed it by mistake.
P1jAw TIL that most smoke detectors contain a small amount of Americium-241, a radioactive material that can undergo nuclear fission.