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TIL that there’s a town in Spain that recognizes cats and dogs as equal right citizens

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l7WG7 TIL On August 9, 1942, a starving orchestra performed Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, in besieged Leningrad during WWII, using music as an act of defiance against Nazi forces.
9l9B TIL the scene where Jim Carrey makes “the Most Annoying Sound in the World” was unscripted, Even hitman Mike Starr’s hissy fit reaction to the scene was unscripted
EgYDP TIL how the United States declared the end of WWII, on September 2, 1945. General Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan's formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri, which was anchored in Tokyo Bay with a fleet of almost 250 Allied vessels.
JNoB TIL that sleeping supine (on your back) is likely to cause nightmares due to a higher possibility to sleep apnea and because all your vital organs are exposed, making you feel vulnerable,
D1L9e TIL that some psychedelics, including LSD and psilocybin, promote measurable neuroplastic and neurogenic growth in several different ways, and that there is established research on it.