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TIL an autodidact with limited formal education, Joseph Stalin was a voracious reader, amassing a personal library of over 20,000 books, with a particular interest in history. He enjoyed classical music, owned around 2,700 records, and often attended the Bolshoi Theatre.

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VM1R8 TIL The longest lived domestic cat was named Creme Puff. She lived from August 3, 1967 to August 6, 2005, a span of 38 years and 3 days. This is well over double the normal life span for domestic cats, which is typically around 12-14 years for males and 13-15 years for females.
7r87p TIL that during the Iran-Contra hearings, Senator Daniel Inouye remarked that "[There exists] a shadowy Government with...the ability to pursue its own ideas of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself."
69bN8 TIL Mark Twain in "The United States of Lyncherdom", asserts "moral cowardice" is "the commanding feature of the make-up of 9,999 men in the 10,000" and "no revolt against a public infamy or oppression has ever been begun but by the one daring man". Twain felt the States were not ready for essay.
0vpA TIL that the Etoro people of New Guinea believe that, in order to attain manhood, a boy must fellate a tribal elder and swallow his semen, daily, from the age of 12 to 17. The nearby Kaluli tribe considers the practice barbaric: they believe the semen of the elder must pass through the boy’s anus.
6Wlw TIL that only .05% of French children have ADHD, because doctors treat it as a psycho-social disorder, instead of a biological one, and treat with psychotherapy, instead of relying on medication to control behavior