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TIL that Data's cat Spot from Star Trek: TNG was played by 5 different cats (Monster, Brandy, Bud, Tyler, Spencer and Zoe) and an unnamed iguana

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dD4pj TIL: In 2001, the Brazilian internet provider "IG" promoted the "Day of Good News", which would give priority to reporting light and optimistic things, leaving the bad news of the day for another time. Then a mayor of a big city was murdered. And the 9/11 attacks followed.
WbpN TIL there is a book titled “Everything Men Know About Women” by Alan Francis It is filled with over 100 blank pages and has sold over 1 million copies
4aba TIL: A 71-year-old man was convicted of murder for shooting the man who robbed him of $18,000 of property. The Assistant District Attorney argued that “The law recognizes the right to self-defense, but you can never take a human life for property,” that the man should have yelled for help instead.
Va8B TIL The Dead Sea Shrinks About 3 Feet Every Year And Will Be Gone In 30 Years.
MNN7 TIL that because blood only has a shelf life of approximately 42 days, after 9/11 and the flood of blood donations the Red Cross had to throw out all of the surplus blood, and experienced a shortage.