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TIL a black cat named Peter has a profile on the ESPNcricinfo cricket database

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WkwpA TIL: America's Interstate Highway System was motivated by National Defense as much as it was by commerce. The full name is "National System of Interstate and Defense Highways". Eisenhower's military experience convinced him highways were needed to redeploy troops if America was invaded or nuked.
MyLm TIL that in it’s run, almost every background character in Spongebob Squarepants has been given a name, some of them are even related.
e0ge4 TIL Arnold Palmer and Mr. Rodgers knew each other as children and are from the same town
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