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TIL a study in the UK in 2015 found that a cats personality is linked to it's colourings, with black and white cats being the most aggressive, and tortiseshell and white cats being the most antisocial.

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jWeM TIL modern sports betting originated in 19th century competitive walking, called pedestrianism. Pedestrianism started when English aristocracy would match their servants against each other in walking contests and bet heavily on the outcome.
e0yGn TIL blanket octopuses are immune to the sting of Portuguese man-o-wars and have been known to collect stinging tentacles from the jellyfish-like creatures and wield them like weapons to fend off predators.
DQ1Ee TIL that in 1965, the painter Roman Opałka had the idea of representing the passing of time by painting numbers: he painted a 1, then a 2, then a 3, etc, and continued for the rest of his life. The last number he painted before he died in 2011 was 5607249.
kJ6M5 TIL that "The NorthWest Company," one of the major players in the historical North American fur trade, is still in operation today as a series of retail stores that primarily serve Indigenous customers across Canada, Alaska, the Carribbean, and the Pacific.
vPRQR TIL On Sept 1st 1857 New York had a parade to celebrate the first transatlantic telegraph cable. The project took four years to complete and the line failed later that month. It was not until 1866 when communications reopened after the third line was laid (the second line snapped at sea).