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GYvZg TIL 50% of the world's pigs live in China
JYBav TIL you steadily "dry out" as you age. A newborn human baby is 75 percent water, adult men are about 60 percent, adult women 55 percent, and elderly people are roughly half.
xJmg TIL Herbert Hoover was fluent in Mandarin Chinese. He and his wife spoke it when they wanted to foil eavesdroppers in the White House.
6Bjl TIL: The Codex Leicester, a collection of largely scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci, holds the record for the sale price of any book. It was sold to Bill Gates for $US30,802,500.
b9NGp TIL of Mike, a cat who guarded the gates of the British Museum. He spent 20 years on the job, gaining notoriety for his disliking of females and dogs, and only allowing certain people to feed him. Even after retiring he occasionally chased off dogs, who reportedly "fled in terror" when he attacked.