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TIL the title of Frasier's Theme Song (Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs) was because "these were things that were 'mixed up' … like Frasier Crane's patients."

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69nJ TIL In Japan people literally work themselves to death so often that they have a term for it. Karoshi
GA1D1 TIL about the British Pet Massacre, in which 750,000 pets were killed in anticipation of food shortages in WWII.
yQX0X TIL congenital deafness in cats is seen almost exclusively in white cats. In addition, if a white cat has two blue eyes, it is 3-5 times more likely to be deaf. Cats with one blue eye are twice as likely to be deaf.
oBEXR TIL that highways in South Korea are go from low to high numbers from South to North. Numbers between 70 and 99 aren't allowed because they are reserved for North Korea should unification happen.
4knDw TIL that Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin of France was the first woman parachutist. In October of 1799 she ascended 900 meters in a balloon, released the gondola, and rode it back down via parachute.