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TIL Dogs are better able to tolerate aspirin than cats are. Cats metabolize aspirin slowly because they lack the glucuronide conjugates that aid in the excretion of aspirin

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8eXL4 TIL the original English voice actor to Daisy in the Mario series, Kate Fleming, passed away in a flash flood. Her partner, Charlene Strong, made a film For My Wife... in dedication to same-sex marriage equality and the challenges faced due to legal restrictions in processing Kate's passing.
18xX TIL at the start of his career, writer Kurt Vonnegut was assigned to write a column for Sports Illustrated about a racehorse that jumped the fence and ran away, after staring at the blank piece of paper on his typewriter all morning, he typed, “The horse jumped over the f**king fence”, and left.
woMLo TIL about Ukyo Katayama, a Japanese former F1 driver. In 1994, he had been diagnosed with cancer in his back, but kept it a secret from his team, not wanting anyone's sympathy to make excuses for him. He raced for 4 years with the tumor and announced his illness only after he retired from F1
ReNa TIL there is a 12 story luxury paper store in Tokyo. On the 12th floor they serve salad grown on the 11th floor–which is an organic indoor farm.
koke TIL that in a scene in Saving Private Ryan two “German” soldiers who are shot trying to surrender were speaking Czech. They were saying, “Please don’t shoot me, I am not German, I am Czech, I didn’t kill anyone, I am Czech!”