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TIL: Cat-sized horses roamed prehistoric forests

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Q7la TIL that the oldest cat ever recorded lived to be 38 years (and 3 days) old in Austin, Texas from 1967-2005. Creme Puff lived with her owner Jake Perry, who had been the owner of the previous record holder, Grandpa Rex Allen.
pYmpO TIL of the Old River Control Structure, meant to prevent the Mississippi River changing course. It if fails, it would cripple the US economy & lead to a global food crisis. Several experts have recommended letting the river shift course naturally to avoid this.
BgbpD TIL that Av. Pastor Martin Luther King Jr is one of the most dangerous streets on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lm1Z TIL: That in Damian Marley’s Welcome To Jamrock, the line “Out in the street they call it murder” they don’t say murder but merther, which denotes the trance like state you reach when smoking weed and listening to reggae. The line it self is actually a sample from Ini Kamoze’s World A Music.
6NP8 TIL on his deathbed the writer/philosopher Voltaire responded to the priest asking him if he renounced Satan for his Last Rites, he responded,“Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies.”