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TIL Squirrels can confuse crime scenes by gnawing on bones

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mWVy TIL German Chocolate Cake is not German, its from Texas, named after the “German Chocolate” used in the cake, which is also not German.
8aJgK TIL The idea of frequently washing your hair only became popular in the 1970's after a big marketing push. Prior to that people washed their hair once a week or not at all.
rNmo0 TIL an standard American football field is 53.3 yards wide. For more than 50 years I thought it was 50 yards wide.
5VYJB TIL that the art of weaving Dhaka muslin, which was worn by Marie Antoinette and Mughal rulers, has been revived. It was lost in the 18th, but following rediscovery of the cotton flower used to make it, Bangladeshi weavers are working to revive it.
BAZx TIL Nicolas Cage had magic mushrooms with his cat, Lewis. Seeing Lewis eating the shrooms, Cage responded, “What the heck, I better do it with him.” Cage recalls laying in bed for hours and staring at Lewis, as Lewis stared back. Cage concluded, “and I had no doubt that he was my brother.”