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TIL Masha, a stray cat in Russia, kept a 2-month old abandoned baby boy warm in freezing temperatures before being found. The baby survived.

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PVZZ TIL that “RPG”, when used in reference to the RPG-7 weapon, does not stand for rocket propelled grenade. Instead, it is a Russian acronym for Ruchnoy Protivotankovyy Granatomyot, roughly translated as “hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”
JYod1 TIL Aaliyah’s 1st album cover also has her name in phonetic spelling
1ayZW TIL that there is a 3rd musical clef called the alto clef that isn't used often. Its only used for a viola and sometimes a cello and a trombone
rPRw TIL Louis C.K. wrote and directed the cult-classic film “Pootie Tang,” which Roger Ebert called a “trainwreck” that was “not in a releasable condition.”
M5xB TIL that 1-3% of the population are known as the sleepless elite. This group of people routinely get 6 hours or less of sleep daily and remain totally functional.