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TIL that cats love eating (human) earwax. Apparently, the proteins in it smell delicious to them.

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d8Gr9 TIL the captain of the Costa Concordia, a cruise liner which ran aground in Italy in 2012, killing 32 people, was jailed for an extra year because he abandoned the ship and his passengers rather than staying on board to assist in their rescue.
ljd7 TIL of Félix Carbajal, a Cuban Olympic marathon runner in 1904, who ran in cut-off trousers, a long-sleeve shirt and a beret. He stopped to eat some apples, got stomach cramps, had a nap, then kept running, to place fourth. The winner, Thomas Hicks, used brandy and rat poison to assist his victory.
69gYm TIL in an actual case of dying of laughter, 56-year-old Danish audiologist named Ole Bentzen laughed himself to death watching A Fish Called Wanda
pGkN TIL that a black Nigerian couple gave birth to a “miracle” blond white baby.
GAV5J TIL people milk horses and sell this mare milk in specialty stores