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

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v1aZr TIL that the origin of “Spilling the Beans” probably dates back to the ancient Greek method of placing black or white beans in a jar to cast votes. If someone spilled the jar of beans, the election results would be known prematurely.
4rkb TIL Subway has more locations than Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut combined
9YBVG TIL that four times more people speak English as a second language (roughly two billion) than as a native one (approximately 350 million).
pOme TIL in 1986 The U.S. was condemned by the World Court for using Violence and Terrorism against civilians in Nicaragua.
b9oQN TIL Stradivarius violins can't be distinguished from other top-quality violins in blind tests