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TIL Valerian is a powerful cat attractant, and I learned this when I had to peel my tripping cat off the curtains after she found my stress relief pills.

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5DMr TIL African American soldiers in World War I served under the French military because white American soldiers refused to perform with them. Many African Americans moved to France after the war because they were treated better in that country.
jNyEQ TIL: When the Krakatoa volcano erupted in 1883, It was so powerful that it ruptured the eardrums of sailors 64 km (40 miles) away on ships in the Sunda Strait
e6wg TIL Dolly Parton set up a charity that distributes eight million children’s books per year for free
jNGmE TIL that platypuses produce milk despite lacking nipples. Instead of teats, they "sweat" milk from glands on their belly that their young then lap up.