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TIL humans share 90% of our DNA with domestic cats

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4XEAR TIL things about lettuce, naturally grown wild lettuce contains tropane alkaloids, the active ingredient in cocaine.
VB04k TIL the Scrabble game was created by Alfred Butts in Queens, New York in 1931. It didn’t became a sensation until 1952 when the President of Macy’s fell in love with the game and placed an order so large Butts could fill it. The company was sold and two years later 4 millions games were made.
xjW1 TIL Dennis Rodman paid for the funeral of a Texas man who was dragged behind the vehicle of white supremecists.
1Nj4 TIL that during the Holocaust, Polish doctors Eugene Lazowski and Stanisław Matulewicz saved 8,000 Jews by creating a fake Typhus epidemic. The Germans quarantined the area instead of risking outbreaks by sending them to concentration camps.
GAZnJ TIL the Battle of Xiangji Temple during the An Lushan rebellion of China had one of the highest casualty counts for any one-day battle. About 130000 soldiers died, despite the battle having occurred in 757 CE.