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TIL spykids received a 93% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, better than, say, Lincoln or The Dark Knight Rises.

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1JmO TIL that cats have scent glands in their paws. When they kneed their paws into us they are marking their territory.
v8Yr TIL classical Greek and Roman architecture was actually polychromatic, meaning they were painted colorfully and intricately. This contradicts classical revivals that mimicked the stark stone structures that were left after the paint wore off.
rNwY0 TIL fixed position street lights were first used around 500BC Beijing, using bamboo and naturally-occurring gas vents
d8OvE TIL that Ulysses S Grant was famous for his extreme love and talent for horsemanship, showing prodigy level ability from a young age and setting a high jump record at West Point.
VBRB8 TIL about Hague Invasion Act, passed in 2002 giving president power to use "all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any U.S. or allied personnel being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court".