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TIL: The Horses of Medieval Times Weren't Much Bigger Than Modern-Day Ponies

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j6VRR TIL along with Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, Romania was secretly also a member of the Triple Alliance before WW1 because of the King of Romania's ties to Germany. Later, like with Italy, it decided to stay neutral at first and then joined the Allied Powers.
5VQx8 TIL cats are attracted to the smell of bleach because it's odour is similar to animal pee
Dygg TIL that six Ginkgo trees survived the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima without deformities. All six are still alive today.
kOXyB TIL about "Hypertone", a music genre exclusively for songs with an BPM of over 1.2 million
0dPBj TIL that The most famous Egyptian pyramids are those found at Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo. Several of the Giza pyramids are counted among the largest structures ever built.