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TIL The fold of skin forming an open pouch on the lower posterior part of the cat external ear is called Henry's pocket

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rv8o TIL of the word defenestrate which means “to throw (someone) out of a window.” There are two separate events known as “The Defenestration of Prague” - both times it started a war.
WkKn9 TIL that the US Army field tested the use of camels in the American Southwest before the Civil War
10gD TIL The Stroop effect (e.g. the printed word “blue” colored in red) was used to help detect Russian spies during the Cold War.
pNlN TIL that the Nigerian Prince scam is actually older than the internet (200 years old).
Y7aXA TIL JP Morgan bailed out banks in 1907 but a severe recession occured anyway. Nelson Aldrich, a powerful senator with close ties to Morgan, led a mission to Europe in 1908 to study the workings of the central banks in England, France and Germany. The Federal Reserve was created a short time later