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R7GQl TIL that all felines directly register- this means that when they walk, their back paw walks into the exact area where the front paw stepped, to minimize sound and to ensure stable footing
445J TIL Vincent Van Gogh committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest with a pistol. The bullet did not cause enough damage to kill him so he walked back to the inn where doctors treated him. VanGogh finally died of an infection 29 hours after shooting himself.
x68mk TIL HMS Terror disappeared in the 1830s, somewhere in Northern Canada. Expeditions to find it, from 2010-14 ignored Inuit reports of a wreck and focused elsewhere. When Inuit Ranger Sammy Cogvik insisted they change course, the ship was found in under 3 hours - in namesake Terror Bay