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TIL about "whisker fatigue" in cats - they eat only from the center of their food bowls and then cry about it because brushing their whiskers on the side of the bowl causes sensory overload

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XEm48 TIL about Julie d'Aubigny, a French swordwoman who: dressed in men's clothing, joined a convent to be with her female lover, got challenged to duels by three separate men for kissing a woman at a ball, and was a popular opera singer.
pA14 TIL that police shot and killed at least 94 pet dogs in the U.S. in 2000. By 2008, that number spiked to 681. And through October 2014 there were at least 510 dog shootings by cops.
9wAbM TIL: the majority of sold/produced oysters have an extra set of chromosomes making them sterile.
9Yo9X TIL about the Chocolate Bar Strike: in 1947, Canadian children went on strike because the price of candy bars had risen from 5 to 8 cents.
wLe5E TIL that Aladdin animator Randy Cartwright described working on the Magic Carpet as challenging, since it is only a rectangular shape, that expresses itself through pantomime. Cartwright kept folding a piece of cloth while animating to see how to position the Carpet.