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TIL that, according to an NYC medical examiner, “Your golden retriever might sit next to your dead body for days, starving, but the tabby won’t. Your cat will eat you right away, with no qualms at all.”

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wL5wM TIL after the American Physical Society's 1986 conference in Las Vegas, the city asked them never to return, as the MGM Grand casino saw record low profits that week. This is presumed to be because the physicists in attendance knew enough probability theory not to gamble.
mwOy TIL that in 1999 an Iraqi refugee fled to Australia and lived off their welfare system. Years later after he became successful, he walked into the local welfare office and tried to pay back every cent with an $18,000 check.
X06aj TIL that Intel was going to be called Moore Noyce but it was scrapped because it sounded too close to more noise
woAgP TIL after eating their oxen and nearly dying of thirst William Manly lead a wagon out of a valley in California when someone in the group turned to say "Goodbye, Death Valley!" The name stuck and places in the area are named after Manly
yQDZM TIL that Jason Alexander (George Costanza from Seinfeld) was still only in his 20s when Seinfeld debuted.