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TIL there is a thing called “Keeping up with the Kattarshians” which is a popular show in Iceland that shows a 24/hr live feed of cats inside a miniature house

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W7RwL TIL in 1923, a jockey named Frank Hayes suffered a fatal heart attack and died mid-race. His body somehow remained on the horse and crossed the finish line in first place. He had never won a race before in his life.
5VQ1k TIL that Windows has an emoji panel if you hit the window button + the period or semicolon button, which can add even complex emojis to text. (⌐■_■)
r8o0 TIL “antisocial” means to go against society, not socialization. Asocial means to go without society, or to be less inclined to socialize.
8aGL8 TIL about the Tenerife Airport Disaster when, on a day in which there was fog heavy enough to reduce visibility to less than 500 yards, two Boeing 747s had a head-on collision at the runway that resulted in 583 casualties and the deadliest accident in aviation history.
EgZmp TIL that blue whales and fin whales can produce fertile hybrids, despite their genetic distance being similair to that between humans and gorillas.