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TIL It's a myth rats/mice absolutely love cheese, they prefer sweet foods

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nWXR9 TIL of the Cycloped, a "train" entered into the Rainhill Trials, a competition between engineers to design the most efficient locomotive. It consisted of a horse on treadmill, could only reach speeds of 5 MPH, and was disqualified after it fell through the platform.
yQRwX TIL when asked why she left her hometown of Michigan, Madonna said she was tired of being around "basic, provincial-thinking people."
0vvN TIL According to the FBI: hands, fists and feet are used to commit twice as many murders in the U.S as rifles (including assault rifles)
6Z8W TIL Mordor is an actual place, a red spot on one of Pluto’s moons.
kJPO1 TIL the Thousand-Year Rose, the world's oldest rose bush. Planted around 800 AD, it grows up the side of Hildesheim Cathedral in Germany