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TIL Bill the Cat is Garfield's illegitimate son

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OGPD7 TIL that fishermen in Belgium use horseback to catch shrimp.
yQJxe TIL: Many dentists acknowledge that for adults with good oral hygiene practices, seeing the dentist twice a year is probably more often than is really necessary. Once every 12-16 months is perfectly sufficient for many people.
p8D8O TIL in 2011 British banger racers managed to wreck 100 Austin Westminsters in a night, which meant that they destroyed about 30% of all surviving examples.
epdd6 TIL there is a species of oceanic dolphin known as the false killer whale. Their name comes from them having a skull similar to that of a killer whale (orca). Although they are part of the same family, they are not closely related.
XEg5Q TIL in 1998, 10 bodies were discovered in Benjamin Franklin’s basement during house renovations. The bodies belonged to his friend and anatomist William Hewson, who had a falling out with his mentor William Hunter and illegally procured them for study. Hunter’s body was not among them.