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57AR TIL that cat owners are 40% less likely to have a heart attack than other people.
j6ymM TIL that Cher Ami, a pigeon, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for her brave service in World War I. Despite being shot, blind in one eye, and severely injured, he successfully delivered an S.O.S. message for an encircled battalion.
BrDAx TIL that the world record for the longest jump by a horse (Something, 1975, 8.4 m / 28’), is less than the human world record (Powell, 1991, 8.95 m / 29’ 4-1/4”).
5YgQQ TIL: The gas company Shell is called such because it started out as a seashell store.
Eggjo TIL Astronomers measure sunspot areas using a square grid by placing the grid over the photo of a sunspot and count the number of squares covering it. Areas can also be determined using graphical charts and software