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TIL a cat purrs at the same rate as an idling diesel engine - roughly 26 cycles per second.

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XPV6 TIL that LifeLock, an ID protection firm, ran a promotional in which its CEO, being so confident in the service, made his Social Security Number public. This resulted in him being the victim of identity theft 13 times, in addition to a $12 million company fine for false advertising.
MekrV TIL: Cable TV networks increase the speed of T.V shows e.g. 'Friends' or 'Seinfield' to around 1.2x speed so that they can fit in extra commercials
4995 TIL that “The Final Countdown” was never intended as a hit, but was intended to be used as an opening for their concerts.
PWkg TIL The Economist received a letter from Boston protesting their usage of “niggardly,” an adjective meaning stingy or miserly, because it sounded like the racial slur. The magazine, based in Britain, responded with, “Why do we get such letters only from America?”
4k4ZR TIL that the world record for the tallest stack of M&M’s candy pieces is 6.