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TIL Contrary To The Stereotype, Rats Are Actually Empathetic And Will Help To Free Other Rats Stuck In Cages

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JYrDv TIL that American president Zachary Taylor (in office 1849-50) fell ill and died after consuming copious amounts of raw fruit and iced milk, while attending 4th of July celebrations during a fund-raising event at the Washington Monument then under construction.
loMYV TIL that one of the top glitter manufacturers in the USA cannot name their biggest client, since the client doesn't want it known they use glitter. When a manager was asked if they could name them in a New York Times interview they instantly replied, "No, I absolutely know that I can’t."
4k1Ka TIL Moana was the best-selling movie of 2017; it sold 4.4 million units and made a revenue of $116.3 million from home video sales.
8e1Mb TIL Jimmy Carr’s first 8 comedy specials form a sentence altogether: Live, Stand Up, Comedian, In Concert, Telling Jokes, Making People Laugh, Being Funny, Laughing & Joking
Y7RlZ TIL when the word "pussy" popped up in regular dialogue around the sixteenth century, it didn’t have a sexual connotation at all. It was used as a term of endearment to describe women in general and didn’t actually get sexual until the nineteenth century