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TIL: 1 in 200 men is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan

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R78mw TIL that 'Orangey', the cat from 'Breakfast at Tiffany's', often scratched and bit actors on set, and some productions and sets would have to be shut down because he would run away. This led him to be nicknamed 'the world's meanest cat' by one studio executive.
69Gw TIL Minnesota National Guard has a military exchange partnership with Norway, the longest ever running between two nations
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b9xBZ TIL that the brutal "Contest to behead 100 People" that some ww2 Japanese officers engaged in likely has to do with the Samurai practice of beheading high value targets for verification purposes & glory seeking.
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