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TIL the popularity of cats as pets was largely influenced by one man in Edwardian England, and he was clinically insane.

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NA7M TIL Loch Ness is big enough to fit the entire population of the world ten times over in it
x6vng TIL That even with an outside temp of -49F, an igloo can have an internal temp between 19 and 61F from body-heat, alone.
Oo907 TIL authors C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley both died on November 22nd, 1963. Their deaths weren't as prominent in the news because of a more noteworthy death that occurred on that day: the assassination of John F. Kennedy
N7pRE TIL jaywalking is not illegal in the UK. Crosswalks are not mandatory to use, as long as you're responsible enough to "stop, look and listen."
0dWny TIL about Fresh Ground (Tim Davis) a man who travels the Appalachian Trail each year and cooks hot meals for the hikers who are attempting the over 2000 mile trial.