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TIL: Nearly 7% of American newspaper employees now work at the NYTimes

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Aeva TIL that Scrappy-Doo was first added to the cast of Scooby-Doo in 1979 to save the show from cancellation. Although the general consensus is that Scrappy-Doo is horrible, his addition boosted the show’s ratings enough to save it from being cancelled.
yyyl TIL that, in Russian Roulette, a properly lubricated and maintained revolver has a higher chance of not firing the bullet, because gravity pulls the loaded chamber down, if it is allowed to stop on its own.
GYyBg TIL cats don't have a consistent number of nipples. On average they'll have six or eight, but some have as few as four and others have an odd number of nipples.
EgEOx TIL construction on the Empire State Building started on March 17, 1930, and the building opened thirteen and a half months afterward on May 1, 1931.
nWeJY TIL There is a mountain in Wyoming where you could pee and some of it would end up in the Mississippi River, the Columbia River and the Colorado River.