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TIL that a large majority of ginger cats are male.

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R7KR9 TIL the term "in a New York minute" was first recorded in the mid-twentieth century in Piney Woods, Texas.
oBrnA TIL actress Jodie Foster began talking at 9 months, taught herself to read at age 3, landed her first gig as the Coppertone Girl in a commercial at age 3, got an Oscar nomination at age 12, attended Yale, and has an ancestor that came over on The Mayflower.
5VLK8 TIL Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly's husband, had a childhood crush on Connelly. He was motivated by 9/11 to propose to her despite them not being in a relationship yet, after spending 2 days trying to reach her.
axgA TIL 46% of the top 50 publicly traded firms in the UK have a British parliamentarian either as a director or a shareholder. That is more than in any other country, including Italy.
KOQGB TIL, China is responsible for the majority of plastic waste in the ocean, the Yangtze alone dumps 1.5 million metric tons into the Yellow Sea per year.