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TIL: Cats can’t taste spicy the same way humans do.

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xVvDb TIL in 2014 original "Top Model" winner Adrianne Curry fended off an attacker with a bull whip while dressed as Catwoman at San Diego Comic Con
e0DD6 TIL the Manhattan Project scientists originally wanted to bomb Kyoto, but Secretary of War Henry Stimson successfully convinced the president that it would be needless culture vandalism, as he had toured the city on his honeymoon and knew it was not a military target.(Reposted with corrected source)
NY58 TIL that in 1893 geologist and explorer Major John Wesley Powell told the Los Angeles International Irrigation Congress, “Gentlemen, you are piling up a heritage of conflict and litigation over water rights, for there is not sufficient water to supply the land.” He was booed out of the hall.
9YdpM TIL the scientific name for the swordfish is Xiphias gladius. Xiphias is Greek for "sword", while Gladius is Latin for "sword". It's scientific name is "Sword sword".
lnLG TIL that there is a big problem of elephant alcoholism in India and that substance abuse is not unique to humans.