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TIL Your cat thinks you’re a much larger cat with good taste in food

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aLO0 TIL that Ronda Rousey originally opposed using the nickname her friends gave her, “Rowdy”, feeling it would be disrespectful to professional wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper. After meeting Piper through Gene LeBell, who helped train both of them, Piper personally gave his approval.
JO6B TIL a high school student was sucked out of an airplane after it was struck by lightning. She fell 3.2 kilometers to the ground still strapped to her chair and lived. Only to endure a 9 day walk to the nearest civilzation.
9Y74B TIL there is a Marvel comic titled "Demon in a Bottle" in which Iron Man battles alcoholism
V7GD TIL Mike Kurtz, an american burglar, found out that eating common soap could produce the effect of ill health. His sudden and unexplainable weight loss and other symptoms baffled the prison doctors and he was able to fool officials that he was dying and received a pardon.
77xX TIL that the Xbox 360’s “Red Ring of Death” problem was so widespread that, in 2007, more than 30% of consoles failed. Repairs cost Microsoft $1.15 billion.