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TIL Disneyland have cats called "cat members" who roam the park day and night keeping rodents away

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BgVox TIL a BBC documentary unveiled the extreme torture of elephants in Indian temples.
d8PyZ TIL about the divorce trial of Leonard and Alice Rhinelander in 1924. The wealthy Leonard Rhinelander was ordered by his father to annul his marriage, so he claimed Alice lied about being white. Alice was ordered to show the jury her naked body. The jury decided she didn't lie about her mixed race.
9AV7 TIL of a Boston Marriage. A 19th Century term for two women living together, independent of financial support from a man.