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TIL the US Postmaster General is the 2nd highest paid US government official behind the president.

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9Y65B TIL Several computer algorithms have named Bobby Fischer the best chess player in history. Years after his retirement Bobby played a grandmaster at the height of his career. He said Bobby appeared bored and effortlessly beat him 17 times in a row. "He was too good. There was no use in playing him"
Rk6l TIL adult cats do not produce lactase, the enzyme needed to digest lactose, so you should NOT feed an adult cat a saucer of milk.
pYRWO TIL the episode "It's Late" from the TV show "Degrassi Junior High" in 1987, which was about a teen who became pregnant, was withheld from regular broadcast by the BBC in the UK. The episode later won an International Emmy award and the teen's baby was named Emma on the show in honor of the award.
oRRAL TIL of Lysistrata, an Ancient Greek Comedy where the women withheld sex to end a war.
b64O7 TIL Steller’s sea cows were massive, docile animals that were exterminated less than 30 years after the species was first discovered.