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TIL that declawing a cat amputates a joint and has a number of negative health and behavioral effects, yet many veterinary associations continue to support declawing

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nVgb TIL, in 1962, an intruder climbing the fence at a Minnesota air base set off the “sabotage alarm” in all bases in the area. In one base, due to wrong wiring, the Klaxon was sounded ordering nuclear-armed aircraft to take off, and the pilots believed WW3 has started. The original intruder was a bear.
J1RZ8 TIL the longest theoretical sight line at ground level on earth is Hindu-tagh in China to Mt. Dankova in Kyrgyzstan at 538 Km, while the longest photographed sight line is from the Spanish Pyrenees to French Alps at 443 Km.
PYBQV TIL due to Chinese espionage and infiltration in Nazi Germany in WWII, the Chinese under Chiang Kai-shek's government were able to warn Stalin that Germany was planning to attack the Soviet Union in the spring of 1941, several months before the commencement of Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941.
MV8m TIL - In a nearby galaxy an object was found travelling 4x the speed of light. The object started sending out radio waves, and the emission does not look like anything seen anywhere in the known universe.
ZnVR TIL, many Civil War battles have two names, because the Union named battles after natural features and the Confederacy after the man-made structures/towns nearby