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TIL that Adolf Hitler, Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and Benito Mussolini were all reported to have not simply disliked cats, but actually feared them.

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9QX6 TIL that last year a group of scientists created a microparticle that, when injected, oxygenates the person’s blood-supply for 30 minutes.
j7BR TIL That despite homosexual sex being punishable by death (potentially) in Iran, sex change operations are perfectly legal and often state-funded. Iranians account for the second highest amount of sex changes in the world, behind Thailand.
rRgRw TIL that "Will it Blend?" was started as a marketing plan after the founder was found stress testing his blenders with two by fours…
BEWW TIL there is a gospel according to Mary Magdalene, that is not included in the Bible
1aLZO TIL recent research argues that fear of spiders has cultural rather biological origins, is predominantly found in Western societies, and comes from an association between spiders and illness that started in the 10th century when the spider was blamed for the devastating epidemics that struck Europe.