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TIL declawing cats is illegal in 22 country’s.

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k415 TIL a Portuguese soldier in WW1 defeated, single handedly, two German assaults by laying down intense fire, leaving hundreds of Germans dead and allowing the retreat of hundreds of allied soldiers in safety. A few months after, he did the same again.
lEeN TIL that wasabi has been researched as a fire alarm for the deaf. When tested, the subject woke up within 10 seconds of the vapor being sprayed in his room.
Rrg4 TIL that the fact that shaving doesn’t make hair grow back thicker, darker, or faster was first proven in a clinical study in 1928 by Mildred Trotter.
LaWm TIL the Terry Kath from the band Chigaco’s last words were “Don’t worry about it … look, the clip is not even in it” - just before putting a pistol to his temple and pulling the trigger.
nWoRG TIL gravity is much weaker than the other fundamental interactions that exist in nature. It is 10^38 times weaker than the strong force, 10^36 times weaker than the electromagnetic force and 10^29 times weaker than the weak force. There is no scientific consensus on why that's the case.