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TIL that a large majority of ginger cats are male.
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TIL the term "in a New York minute" was first recorded in the mid-twentieth century in Piney Woods, Texas.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.