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TIL Of “Peter the great”, a cat who was the lone survivor of a New Zealand sulfur mine on a remote island volcano. The resupply ship found no trace of the miners.

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D1yAj TIL there's an ethnicity known as the "Magyarab". They are descendent from Hungarians mercenaries who settled in Sudan and Egypt under the Ottoman Empire in the 16th Century.
vPYWD TIL In the last 116 years the world record for the mens 100 meter race has improved by just 1 second, 0.16s of which was by Usain Bolt.
9rmp TIL: The Nintendo Game Boy (1989) ran at 60fps
0VML TIL Doves are just pigeons that have the gene for white feathers. Outside of this there are no biological distinctions between the two.
E1jj7 TIL about the Japanese national pillow fighting tournament. The pillow fighters start by pretending to sleep on futons. But when the whistle sounds, they spring to their feet and race to get a pillow. A mix between dodgeball and chess, teams throw pillows at each other while protecting the 'King'.