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TIL when Stuart Sutcliffe left The Beatles to pursue his artistic interests, he was so good at it that his professor, noted pop artist Eduardo Paolozzi, called him one of his best students.

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EgoQW TIL about Tige, the Presidential Cat who may have been the inspiration for the Demon Cat (D.C.) that haunts The White House and the Capitol. Whenever he would run away or go missing, it would be widely reported on the news and sometimes, search parties would be sent out for him!
GAGk4 TIL in 2007 only 700 Florida snail kite birds remained because newly introduced invasive snails were too big to eat. From 2007 to 2017, these birds rapidly evolved 8-12% larger beaks because the smallest birds all starved to death. As of 2022 they have recovered to 3,000 individuals.
e9GL TIL Spirited Away director Hayao Miyazaki won every award he was nominated for from 1979 to 1998.
kOlQE TIL that methane bubbles can become frozen in place in many lakes such as Lake Baikal in Russia. The ice thickness there can reach 2 m/6.5 ft during the peak of winter coldness, trapping millions of cubic feet of methane gas under the ice until Spring arrives.
nWryY TIL that the number of priests has been down 60% in the last 50 years leaving 3500 churches without one