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TIL about Download Valley. A cluster of software companies in Israel, producing and delivering adware to be installed alongside downloads of other software.

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Y7nav TIL The International UFO Museum & Research Center was opened in Roswell, New Mexico in 1992 by Walter Haut, a been public information officer at Roswell Army Air Field in 1947. Many visitors come numerous times and some spend days or even weeks doing research in the library
e06L4 TIL A cat in heat can have multiple eggs, and they can be released over several days of her cycle. If Tabby has chosen more than one Tom during her heat cycle, it's possible she'll be carrying kittens from multiple fathers.
rxkx TIL that hours after Nintendo announced the death of their CEO, Satoru Iwata, a rainbow appeared over their headquarters in Kyoto, Japan. It was dubbed “The Rainbow Road to Heaven”
8D1b TIL in World War II, British soldiers were given a ration of only 3 sheets of toilet paper per day. American soldiers received 22.
aw5ML TIL Michael Vick didn't just run a dog-fighting ring, he personally killed several dogs. Some were shot; some were hanged; some were hosed down, then electrocuted; some were slammed on the ground; some were drowned in a bucket of water. Vick served 21 months, then got a $5M contract with the Jets.