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TIL research shows that reading literature makes people smarter and nicer

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GDxJ TIL If you were to watch every Simpsons episode back to back, it would take you 11 days 13 hours and 30 minutes
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XnAD TIL a giant Wham-O SUPERBALL, made as a promotional item, accidentally fell out of a 23rd story window, bounced 15 stories in the air and destroyed a parked sports car by landing on it.
W7rwN TIL that Lou Bega is from Munich, Germany.
QylE TIL that cats (once they outgrow their kitten phase) don’t “meow” to communicate with each other. Meowing is reserved for communicating with their humans.