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TIL that after scientists sequenced the genome of a tiger they found that it shares 95.6% of its DNA with the domestic cat, from which it diverged 10.8 million years ago.

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Br9RW TIL The wholesome image of Santa that we know today was actually shaped by Coca Cola for an advertising campaign. Before that, Santa was depicted as everything from a tall gaunt man to a spooky-looking elf.
jyYa TIL of Kenneth McDuff, a Texas serial killer who was on Death Row, was then paroled, committed more murders and then finally executed. He caused an overhaul in the Texas Justice system including harsher paroles, more prisons and a rise in executions.
LkJQP TIL we know the exact date the Dalmatian language (one of the Romance languages) went extinct: June 10th, 1898. It is the day the last speaker of the language, Tuone Udaina, died in an explosion.
b9LVa TIL the Chinese invented toilet paper.
xj57 TIL Kevin Spacey is a gifted impersonator