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TIL that hypocrisy does not mean “not practicing what you preach”; it means falsely claiming to do so

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ADpy7 TIL that a golden retriever, Figo, sacrificed his safety to protect his owner. He leaped in front of a school bus in an effort to protect a blind woman. The chief of police said he'd seen dogs protect their owners from intruders, but never automobiles. Figo only sustained a leg injury.
v1LX4 TIL sleeping in a cold room can help you slim down! A study shows sleeping in a 66 degree room (Fahrenheit) can help increase your fat burning ability by 10 percent!
789P TIL according to the Hayflick limit, humans can only possibly live up to 120 years old since our cells are programmed to die.
6xyQ TIL The term ‘Rat Pack’ was coined by Lauren Bacall. After a long night of partying in Las Vegas with Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, and Angie Dickinson, Bacall surveyed the party’s aftermath and declared to it’s participants, “You look like a goddamn rat pack.”
AN9Bg TIL So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish was written by Douglas Adams when his editor Sonny Mehta, locked him in a hotel room to force him to write it after becoming fed up with Adams constantly procrastinating and failing to meet deadlines.