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TIL in 2018, a firefighter in Massachusetts was reprimanded when he received a call from a concerned cat owner about their pet being stuck in a tree and he responded with, “I’m sure they’ll make their way down eventually. I’ve never seen a cat skeleton in a tree before.”

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QJMWe TIL the earthquake that caused the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami generated 9,600 gigatons of energy, equal to 550 million Hiroshima explosions
RZE6 TIL of Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano, who, during a 6 hour spacewalk on the ISS, nearly became the first man to drown in space when his helmet began to inexplicably fill with water.
yBoV TIL that 1988 a chimpanzee received 400.000 votes in a mayoral election in Rio de Janeiro, coming in third place.
kJnEm TIL that Washington State University has a Taco Bell Distinguished Professorship. It’s apparently named in honor of the founder of Taco Bell who contributed significant financial resources to the University.
4vXa TIL there is a class above the upper class called the TOP class (aka old money), whose behavior varies from the typical wealthy person with unspoken codes between members (based on Paul Fussell’s book).