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TIL that some cat breeds (called “puppy cats”) are bred specifically to exhibit dog-like behavior.

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91ar TIL Goosebumps author RL Stine never include things like divorce, drug use, abuse in his books because he didn’t want to terrify kids. He wanted kids to be sure that his stories were fantasies that could never actually happen
EgEGw TIL about the winterworm, people pay ALOT to eat the cordyceps fungus in Asia. Made famous by the recent TV drama The Last of Us, prices are as high as $18,000 per kg. Eaten for its herbal properties its known as the viagra of Tibet.
gp69 TIL that 69% of Americans Have Less Than $1,000 USD in Savings, as of September 2016
gx8X TIL in 1951 a 21 year old Clint Eastwood was a passenger aboard a Douglas AD-1 bomber that ran out of fuel and ditched off the coast of California. He escaped serious injury and swam 3 miles to shore.
bOn9 TIL Jeff Baxter, guitarist for Jimi Hendrix, Steely Dan, and The Doobie Brothers is now a U.S. defense consultant and anti-terrorism expert.