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TIL A set of British twins separated at birth and raised by different adopted parents, fell in love and got married only to realise that they were brother and sister

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ReG4 TIL that in the 90’s when Microsoft was unimpressed with a programmer’s performance, they would threaten to reassign them to work on “Microsoft Dogs” an interactive CD-ROM to inform dog owners of the proper care and feeding for 500 different breeds of dogs.
oRlGW TIL that the plastic cover on an emergency switch on devices is called a Molly-guard because the inventor's daughter (Molly) kept pushing the button.
b9OV0 TIL a rat king occurs when young rats living close to each other get their tails entangled and encrusted with dirt. This knot then tightens when they pull away from the group - the largest found comprised of 32 individual rats.
mxZ0Y TIL that an average-sized cat with its limbs extended achieves a terminal velocity of about 60mph (97km/h), while an average-sized man reaches a terminal velocity of about 120mph (193km/h). This is why cats can survive falls from such great heights.
LQNwd TIL The Spanish Inquisition would write to you, giving 30 days notice before arriving and these were read out during Sunday Mass. Although these edicts were eventually phased out, you originally always expected the Spanish Inquisition.