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TIL that a Nazi Kriegsmarine cat later became a Royal Navy cat, and survived the sinking of THREE ships in total, two of them being among the most celebrated vessels of the entire conflict. Retired to Belfast and died aged 14.

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9wWZp TIL that there is a very expensive Nuclear Power Plant under construction in England that is 33% owned by China.
4kMNR TIL people can guess if a person is rich or not by judging said persons' face, with a 68 percent accuracy
wGd7 TIL the tomato originated in South America and only started being grown in Italy around 1550.
a4py TIL since the 1990s, Carmel, Indiana has been replacing all signaled intersections with roundabouts. Benefits include gas savings of 24k gallons/year per roundabout; construction costs $125,000 less per intersection; injury accidents dropped by 80 percent and total accidents dropped by 40 percent.
N7PEE TIL that the first known recording of a human voice was made in 1860, but was only intended to show a sound wave visually, not to be played back. In 2008, it was optically scanned and converted to a sound file, revealing it to be a man singing "Au clair de la lune".