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TIL the Pittsburgh refrigerator cat was a mythical breed of cat claimed to lived in refrigerated warehouses at the turn of the century

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QxYk TIL New York City plans to turn all of it’s old phone booths into wifi hot spots.
0d0j1 TIL Saddam Hussein wrote four novels including a romance drama set during the medieval times. This was believed to be an allegory with the villain representing the United States and the hero representing Saddam Hussein.
xVnjb TIL about Salps - a jellyfish relative. They asexually reproduce chains of clones who are all female, which then detach and breed sexually. After giving birth to a single asexual offspring they become male, while the offspring starts the cycle over.
6Er4Y TIL of an equation that can determine how long a conspiracy could last before someone behind the scenes intentionally or unintentionally stuffed up.
6PMm TIL on July 30, 1971, the worst air disaster to that date occurred when a Fighter Pilot Trainee collided with a Boeing passenger jet over Japan. All 162 people aboard the jet died, but the fighter pilot ejected before impact and walked away unscathed.