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TIL "thumb cats" are cats with a condition where the cat is born with more than the usual number of toes on one or more of its paws

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Bn5K TIL that in 2013, India’s army watched “Chinese spy drones” violating its air space for six months. They later found out they were actually watching Jupiter and Venus.
x60N1 TIL - there was an earthquake and avalanche in Peru that killed up to 30k people in 1970, and was warned about several years prior, but was ignored by the government. The avalanche traveled about 100 miles.
OoBPX TIL James Cameron had a nightmare about an invincible robot hitman sent from the future to kill him, giving him the idea for The Terminator.
QrBL TIL in WWI shell shock was often misdiagnosed as “cowardice or lack of underlying character”. This led to more than 200 British soldiers being executed for desertion or leaving their post without authority.
rRXKM TIL Buttered Popcorn is the most popular jelly bean flavor in America