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TIL that the little slits on the outside of a cat’s ears are called Henry’s Pocket, and no one is quite sure why they’re there.

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p8W4 TIL That 38% of the 911 calls made in New York in 2010 was by “Butt-dials”
Pa9Z TIL Frito-Lay discontinued 100% biodegradable SunChips bags due to the crinkling of the bags causing “noise complaints”
vD1B TIL the beat of the “Mission: Impossible” theme spells out the letters “MI” in Morse code (–..)
epDQL TIL that during World War 2, aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and general Charles De Gaulle despised each other, causing his works to be banned in both Free France and Vichy France. As a result, The Little Prince was first published in the United States, and only was published in France after WW2.
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