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TIL in the Grimm Brother’s Cindarella, the stepsisters cut off their heel and toe to try to fit their foot into the slipper..

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jGxn TIL of the Toyger, a cat bred to look like a miniature tiger.
9YyJG TIL that if the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupted it would blanket the entirety of the U.S in a layer of ash, as well as most of North America. What would ensue is a potential decade or so of 'Volcanic Winter', where the global temperature would drop significantly, among other issues.
wKAP TIL that in 1960, Japanese Socialist Party chairman Inejiro Asanuma was assinated during a televised debate. With a Samurai sword.
mxgM TIL that BBC staff openly smoked marijuana at the corporation’s headquarters during the 1960s and 70s and Play School presenters even went on-air stoned.
x6JAo TIL human sweat is the most extreme and distinctively human evolutionary trait as a whole.