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TIL that 65-85% of all white cats born with two blue eyes are deaf, and if a cat is born with just one blue eye, only the hearing on that side is impaired.

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xDob TIL Johnny Depp and Natalie Portman did a sign language music video for Paul McCartney’s “My Valentine”, but both mistakenly motioned “tampon” instead of “appear”.
v19mj TIL that 'nose art', or the practice of painting pin-ups or cartoons on the front of war planes, died out in the early 1970s when Air Force Chief of Staff John Ryan called for a moratorium on the practice. It's been quietly making a comeback in recent years, albeit now strictly controlled.
VMawB TIL that a French bacteriologist trying to use a virus to kill rabbits on his property accidentally wiped out over 90% of the rabbits in Western Europe. He was prosecuted and fined, but the French government later gave him a medal depicting a dead rabbit.
VBZ4 TIL that Gandhi once sent a letter to his friend urging him not to go to war. This friend was Hitler.
oRVVW TIL that no football club won the French League during the 1992/93 season. After 1st place Marseille lost its title due to a bribery scandal, it was allotted to 2nd place PSG, but the owners of the club, TV chain Canal+, feared the reactions of their subscribers in Marseille and refused it