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TIL Disneyland has a feral cat colony on the payroll.

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D1Vve TIL that the citric acid used as a preservative in many foods and beverages is not from citrus fruits, but from black mold.
8NdL TIL that the vital antibody-based Ebola drug ZMapp is produced in large scale in the Nicotiana benthamiana plant- tobacco.
ADa7n TIL Tears in your eyes often drain through small drain ways called "punctum" near the middle of your lower eyelid. They then drain into your nose, contributing to runny noses. When you choke on food, your eyes water because nasal pressure is reversed sending tears back to your eyes the same way.
V1WQ TIL in Super Mario 64 a Shepherd Tone (a noise composed of sine waves that gives the illusion of constantly ascending or descending in pitch) was used in the soundtrack for the ‘endless staircase’ “to provide an unsettling feeling”
Zpdmv Til that Brenda Lee was only 13 years old when she recorded "Rockin Around The Christmas Tree" in 1958.