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TIL all chaps are by definition assless chaps
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TIL a slot machine in Vegas, “The Lion’s Share,” has a progressive jackpot that hasn’t been hit in 20 years.
9Yjar
TIL the Statue of Liberty almost wasn't built in New York because the governor wouldn't use city funds to build its pedestal, but Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper articles inspired 160,000 people to donate. Though a majority of donations were less than $1, they raised over $100,000 in just five months.
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TIL Australian cats do not respond to catnip
KNQw
TIL every fifth person in Greenland tries to commit suicide at some point in their lifetimes
nByd
TIL that in 1945, 900 Japanese soldiers were forced to retreat through 10 miles of mangrove swamp, during which hundreds were to be eaten by the thousands of saltwater crocodiles lying wait, in what is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as the “Worst crocodile disaster in the world”.