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TIL there are two families of Charmin toilet paper bears, one for ultra soft and one for ultra strong.

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jXPX TIL the most powerful commercial radio station ever was WLW (700KHz AM), which during certain times in the 1930s broadcasted 500kW radiated power. At night, it covered half the globe. Neighbors within the vicinity of the transmitter heard the audio in their pots, pans, and mattresses.
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.
QJgdd TIL that the Shakopee Mdewakanton are believed to be the richest tribe in American history as measured by individual personal wealth: Each adult, according to court records and confirmed by one tribal member, receives a monthly payment of around $84,000, or $1.08 million a year.
neevd TIL Jimmy Kimmel's sidekick Guillermo rose to fame while working as a parking lot security guard at the Hollywood Boulevard studios for Jimmy Kimmel Live.
9YBEm TIL when an American tried to mention Stephen Hawking as an example of how any country that wasn't America would have let Hawking die, Hawking snapped back and stated the only reason he was alive was due to the NHS and the United Kingdom.