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TIL A reddit user, named Alan Schaaf, created imgur. He created it because the available image hosting services sucked at the time.

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XEANX TIL about Trap–neuter–return, a program through which free-roaming cats are trapped, spayed and neutered, then returned where they were found. Cats found in unsafe areas are relocated. Kittens are placed in foster homes. Cats with with terminal or untreatable illnesses or injuries are euthanized.
XEG4X TIL the sea like sound you hear when you put a seashell near your ear is the echo the noise in the environment BUT ALSO the sound of the blood flowing in your ears and the muscles acting in your ears
ZpwDG TIL the U.S state of Rhode Island changed its name in 2020, and was the first state to ever do so
M9nW TIL traces of nicotine and cocoa have been found in Ancient Egyptian mummies
JkPV TIL there is a rare blood group known as ‘h/h’ or ‘Oh’ which was first discovered in 1952 at Bombay, India, hence christening another name ‘Bombay Blood Group’. This blood is so rare that only 4 in a million would have it globally; however, every 1 in 10,000 have it in Bombay.