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TIL Michael Phelps' lungs can store twice as much oxygen compared to the average person

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QJ9yE TIL Research shows that cats that are provided with empty boxes were more interactive, friendly and comfortable with the people around them as compared to those cats that did not have a box to snuggle in. So, it can be said that cats derive comfort and security from boxes.
P1brG TIL that NBCUniversal sold the rights to 28 Walt Disney's shorts and Oswald the rabbit character to Disney Company in excange for releasing sportscaster AL Michaels from his employment at ABC
w7YP TIL that the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 allows the President to “suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens” who “would be detrimental to the interests of the United States”
4kBPN TIL automobile manufacturer Fiat sent 50,000 anonymous love letters to women in Spain in 1994 as part of a marketing campaign for the Fiat 500. Upon receiving the letters, some women became confused, anxious, scared, and/or wanted someone to escort them to work. Fiat ended up being sued and fined.
7raZM TIL the world's tallest man (Bao Xishun, 7' 9") once saved the lives of two dolphins by reaching into their stomachs to remove plastic shards.