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TIL: Between 1975 and 2008, the number of products in the average supermarket swelled from an average of 8,948 to almost 47,000

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4R5b TIL Popeye the Sailor owns a dog-like creature whose cells leaked through from the fourth dimension, combined with cells from ours, and transmutated into a creature capable of moving between dimensions and solving difficult problems. His name is Eugene the Jeep.
4ayg TIL the sand cat can survive in temperatures ranging from −5 °C (23 °F) to 52 °C (126 °F) and Although they will drink when water is available, they are able to survive for months on the water in their food
M7QXW TIL The Cure for Insomnia, a 1987 movie having 87 hours of screen time
xVMGk TIL the reason we can't wake ourselves up by snoring is that a part of our brain makes us expect the snoring before it happens, so we don't get surprised or woken up when it does happen
dDDZ TIL Joaquín Guzmán Loera, #1 on the 2011 World’s Most Wanted list, walked into a restaurant with armed bodyguards, confiscated the cell phones of all the patrons and told them not to be alarmed, then ate his dinner, paid for the meals of everyone in the restaurant and left.