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TIL that Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” was written to make fun of the popular notion of taking the road less traveled, not support it.

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wLywo TIL that France sent the one and only cat into space to gauge the effects of spaceflight on living creatures in the hopes that humans could follow
loW6K TIL that there are now giant pigs that are as heavy as polar bears. There is a very big pig that weighs 1102lbs (500kg), as much as a polar bear. The animal is part of a herd that is being bred to become giant swine. At slaughter, some of the pigs can sell for more than US$1,399.
OG78L TIL a house which was illegaly expanded remained abandoned for about 25 years before it was demolished in 2018
nev9W TIL that the conflict point of the movie 'Sully' between Captain Sullenberger and the NTSB was all made up. In reality the NTSB report lauded Sully and its computer simulations vindicated his gutsy call to land in the river.
veMK TIL The theme park “Epcot” at Walt Disney World, Florida is actually an acronym. It stands for “Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow”