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TIL Cats cannot taste anything sweet. Instead, they can taste ATP, the biomolecule that supplies energy within living cells (meat).

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obx8 TIL that in 1978 Apple Corps (founded by The Beatles) sued Apple Computers for trademark infringement winning $80,000USD. As a condition of the settlement Apple Computers also agreed to never enter the music business, which they later violated in 2003 at the launch of the iTunes Music Store.
ADe9l TIL on Jan, 31, 2007, Boston PD mistook LED placards depicting 'The Moonites' for city wide bomb threat.
7rAKZ TIL Japanese swordsmiths can only make 2 swords per month due to restrictions put in place after World War II
jN7lM TIL that eggs boiled in young boys urine is a traditional dish in a certain part of China.
9YYrX TIL that Latvia imports almost as much tequila as Canada or Brazil