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TIL Dr. Seuss was once challenged to help combat illiteracy in children. So he wrote the book, ‘The Cat in the Hat.’ It took him nine months and only using 236 words to completed it.

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b9nE4 TIL that male fruit flies seek out alcohol when sexually rejected
LGQP TIL: “Hoser”, as popularized by Bob & Doug McKenzie, dated back to when the Losers of outdoor hockey games in Canada had to hose the surface of the rink to make is smooth again.
lm9G TIL that in the UK, a 2015 study found that among professed vegetarians, 39% admitted to having eaten a kebab while under the influence of alcohol.
Lk9vd TIL about Hungarian Name Days. In the calendar, they have first names attached to every day of the year (for example, Anna is July 26th), and you celebrate with flowers and cake. It’s like a second birthday but because everybody knows your name, you get even more fanfare.
4y9g TIL of the Cordoba Fighting dog, a breed so aggressive it preferred to fight rather than mate, leading to its extinction