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TIL Snopes.com has an article explaining that Mr. Ed is actually not a horse but a zebra. The page is completely false. It’s meant to encourage users to use common sense even in the face trusted authority.

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YpW1x TIL about the little arrow on the side of the petrol bowser picture on my dashboard. It tells you which side of your car has the fuel filler.
4kEBa TIL, Christopher Lee, who played Count Dooku in Star Wars, also had a minor career in heavy metal music.
neeLY TIL that Robert Mericle was only sentenced for one year the Kids for Cash Scandal
8akvV TIL the term "Life unworthy of life", used by the Nazis to describe the targets of the Holocaust, had been around since 1920 referring to mental disabilities, and later was adopted and extended by the Nazis to include racial differences.
XEZl6 TIL when Hurricane Harvey hit in 2017, multi-millionaire pastor Joel Osteen initially refused to open the doors of his megachurch as a shelter, instead offering prayers. When criticized, he claimed it was inaccessible due to floods, despite dozens of pictures proving otherwise.