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TIL New Zealand has a cat killing contest, with price money.

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wo077 TIL the reason why things feel larger inside your mouth is because of incredibly dense nerve endings. These sensory receptors, in turn, act like a magnifying glass. See: Oral somatosensory awareness
kJ5VB TIL that American soldiers during WWII often mutilated the Japanese and took their body parts as “war trophies”, Franklin Roosevelt was even sent a gift of a Japanese soldier’s arm.
X0orX TIL that as the reigning monarch of 14 countries, King Charles III is allowed to travel without a passport and drive without a license.
rNBwW TIL that, although coral is usually associated with the tropics, there are colorful coral reefs in arctic waters around Canada, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland, as well as Ireland and the UK.
loEVN TIL Oregon had the only state-sponsored rock festival in United States history, Vortex I. It was an elaborate ploy to lure young people away from Portland during a planned visit by President Richard Nixon.