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TIL Cats love green kalamata olives. They contain a compound similar to that in catnip.

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XZD8 TIL that according to a Pew Research study performed in 2010 atheists knew more in general about different religions than religious people did, with Jews coming in close second and Mormons also close by in third
KOP5E TIL that a woman won $10,000 for reading the terms of an insurance policy. The company included a clause in the terms indicating that the first person to email them would win the prize. Other companies have included clauses requiring people to community service for connecting to free Wi-Fi.
6mVm TIL the Philadelphia Phillies’ triple-A team, the Iron Pigs, has an award-winning urinal video game. It’s point and shoot.
1a1MP TIL that candy and snacks are placed close to market cash registers to take advantage of shoppers' decision fatigue.
GYKK7 TIL Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche was a Haitian engineer who lost his life on the Titanic.He was one of only 3 passengers of known African ancestry on the ill-fated voyage of RMS Titanic. He put his pregnant French wife and their two daughters onto a lifeboat;they survived but sadly he did not.