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TIL that as of 2017, 60 percent of pet cats and 56 percent of pet dogs in the US are overweight or obese

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gM7lb TIL that the musical Cats is so popular in Japan, that it has been running since 1983. It caused a “musical boom” and brought other Broadway musicals to Japan. There is a purpose-built CATS theatre in Tokyo. The production has played over 10,000 performances to over 10 million audience members.
La8d TIL when he was 7, Vin Diesel broke into a New York theater with his brother in order to vandalize it. When the pair was caught, instead of calling the police, the artistic director offered them roles in an upcoming show, therefore starting Diesel’s acting career
9wpDD TIL actor Marlon Brando was an avid conga player, and he patented a self-tuning drum head shortly before he passed away.
oBKVr TIL the Toyota Matrix's odometer has a glitch where it stops 299,999 miles, technically making it a "glitch in the matrix"
e0bbg TIL that the mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, Woodrow Wilson Mann, was the one who requested that President Eisenhower send in federal troops to enforce integration during the Little Rock Nine crisis.